After an embarrassing defeat in the latest election, The Nationals David Littleproud, announced earlier today they will not be entering into the coalition agreement with the Liberal Party for the first time since 1987.
for context to non aussies, the coalition is our “second major party” (of two).
The Liberal Party is our conservative major party (yes we know), whom since 1980 has formed a joint coalition with The Nationals. Liberals ussually perform in urban areas and the Nats in regional.
Since a crushing defeat in the recent election to Labor (our centre left major party), many fingers have been pointed at previous Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton for destroying Coalition chances due to playing a Trump-like campaign and focussing on “culture-war” talking points rather than real world issues.
They were, a long time past, Classical Liberals.
Interestingly, Labor has long been at odds with social progress due to it’s strong alignment with the Catholic church.
Remember: It was quite literally Goldman Sachs(Malcolm Turnbull) we can thank for Gay Marriage in Australia.
Today they’re both anti social progress, though Labor less so. The Greens are the only party trying to push the envelope anymore.
Thanks for the clarification. It helps a lot.
The Liberal Party is our conservative major party
weirdly enough, the major conservative party in Japan is also called Jiyū Minshu-tō AKA Liberal Democratic Party
David may be little, but he is proud.
