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Nationals will not re-enter Coalition agreement
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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5/24/2025
The Nationals will not re-enter a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party. Mr Littleproud said he was hopeful the two parties would be able to come to a new agreement before the next federal election in three years.
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I had a respectful conversation with Susan Lee this morning and sat down, made it very
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clear that we remain committed to having the door open, respecting the position that Susan's
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been put in, that she is a leader that needs to rebuild the Liberal Party. They are going
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on a journey of rediscovery and this will provide them the opportunity to do that without
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the spectre of the National Party imposing their will, but setting clear boundaries and
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parameters about what is important to us, about what we achieved as a coalition in the
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last three years. Building on that, not having to look back and to fight for things but to
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actually focus on what is important. Changing the lives of people in regional Australia.
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Young kids in regional Australia, and the reason I got into politics was seeing them for generations
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leave regional Australia, go over the great dividing range and go to capital cities and
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never come back. I got into politics to bring them home, to keep them home. And I don't want
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to have to go back and fight to get what we need to make sure I give the opportunity to
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the people we represent. And I respect the principal position that Susan is in and she needs to
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go through a process and I want to give her that time. And we made it very clear to one
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another. That I believe she is the leader that can help the Liberal Party reinvent itself and
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get it to a juncture that the Australian people want to see, a healthy opposition. And I gave
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her that commitment that I'll work every day with her to try and rebuild that relationship
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to the point where we can re-enter a coalition before the next election. But at this juncture,
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we're making a principal position about not what we're prepared to give up on, but to build
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on what we've achieved and to move forward. So it's with great disappointment that I announce
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that we're not going to form part of that coalition. We'll be pragmatic and we'll work constructively
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with Susan and her team to make sure that we bring down the Albanese government after
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the next election.
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