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Amid Coalition chaos, this Nationals leader has little to be proud of
Colin Boyce challenges Nationals leader David Littleproud to prevent party decline after ending Coalition with Liberals, risking Senate seats, with a spill motion expected next week.
- Yesterday, Colin Boyce, Nationals MP, announced a leadership challenge to David Littleproud to avoid `political oblivion` after the party ended the Coalition and told Sky News change is needed to rebuild the alliance.
- Growing One Nation support and donor moves have increased pressure as many Liberals blame the Nationals for lost inner-city seats and Gina Rinehart, major donor, shifts support.
- Several senior Nationals, including Matt Canavan, Michael McCormack, Darren Chester, and Bridget McKenzie, are named as potential replacements, with Hogan predicting Littleproud will win comfortably and Boyce might attract one or two other votes.
- If the split endures, senators Bridget McKenzie and Ross Cadell could lose seats without a joint ticket, and many Liberals say reconciliation is almost impossible while David Littleproud remains leader.
- Unusually, the Nationals have split the Coalition twice in less than a year, with defections including Andrew Gee, Barnaby Joyce, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, and Perin Davey losing her Senate seat, highlighting internal strains.
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Amid Coalition chaos, this Nationals leader has little to be proud of
David Littleproud has delivered wins for the Nationals. But he has infuriated enough Liberals that Coalition reconciliation becomes almost impossible with him as party leader.
·Sydney, Australia
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Total News Sources11
Leaning Left3Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Left
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources lean Left
75% Left
L 75%
C 25%
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