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Election Coverage Flat White

Let Barnaby Joyce lead

6 May 2025

7:30 AM

6 May 2025

7:30 AM

Technically, the Liberal wing of the Coalition is larger but lately the Nationals have been stronger.

This is unlikely to be David Littleproud’s doing, given his weakness on critical ideological issues and sogginess around the edges of his conservative compass.

If not a ‘wet’, let us say he is ‘damp’. Or as the Editor-in-Chief of this publication likes to remind his Friday and Sunday viewers, the Nationals Leader has little to be proud of.

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