BURSTDavid Littleproud brings mutually assured destruction to both parties’ electoral ambitions
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When David Littleproud travelled to Sussan Ley’s home base of Albury for Coalition talks last week, the Nationals leader arrived with a list of impossible demands.
In town to negotiate a new cooperation agreement between the Liberals and the National party for the coming term of parliament, Littleproud was under pressure to secure major concessions. Despite the Coalition’s electoral drubbing on 3 May, the Nationals felt emboldened by mostly holding their numbers and therefore wanted more clout.
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