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As of several minutes ago, Australia’s Federal Parliament has become an eternal one-party system like our Asian neighbours in Singapore.
This comes as The Nationals leader David Littleproud declared that his party will not be re-entering a Coalition agreement with the Liberals.
It is believed that Littleproud and the new Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley met this morning to discuss the make-up of the Coalition agreement, which is typically signed after each election or leadership change.
However, the contract was not signed.
This means the Federal Opposition has now shrunk to 18 seats, depending on who you ask.
Littleproud said his party could not “get comfort” on a number of issues, including their insistence that nuclear energy become part of the national energy grid, as well as $20 billion in regional funding, and their push for divestiture powers for supermarkets.
While looking content with the decision, David Littleproud said the conversation with Sussan Ley was respectful.
The Nationals have been emboldened to make demands for more involvement in the shadow cabinent, as well as policymaking – after they kept all their lower house seats and lost only one senator during the federal election. In contrast, the Liberals lost 12.
“Fuck these city boys” said Littleproud, in reference to the 18 or Liberal Party seats, of which only two or 3 are actually a metropolitan.
This explosive development adds to the generational soul-searching that the Federal Opposition must now contend with, as their representation in Parliament House only just manages to surpass the numbers held by the Teals and Greens.
It is also not known what this means for the Queensland-based LNP, which is a political merger that includes both the Liberals and Nationals. This decision could indeed cause catastrophic ripple effects for the current Crisafulli state government.
