Emotional David Littleproud steps down as leader of the National Party
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/david-littleproud-steps-down-as-nationals-leader/106437902

David Littleproud has quit as leader of the National Party of Australia.

In recent months, David Littleproud's notable leadership achievements include:
- Breaking-up the decades-long Coalition between the Nationals and the Liberals multiple times in a matter of months.
- Coming close to destroying the LNP / Coalition with the contrarily-named Liberal Party of Australia, and securing its position of irrelevancy for the next election.
- Coming close to destroying the National Party, and securing their position of irrelevancy for the next election.
- Failing to swing the Coalition so far to the right that it adopts his personal Neo-Nazi policies.
- Giving airtime to Neo-Nazi policies, such as those espoused by One Nation, thereby doing nothing to help the Nationals but drastically improving One Nation's polling for the next election.
- Shafting prior, long-standing leader of the National Party, Bananaby Joyce, so nastily that he quit the Nationals and sucked-up to Pauline Hanson to join One Nation.
- Shafting leader of the Liberal Party, Susssan Ley, so nastily that she lost a spill for her party's leadership position to Angus Taylor, and then quit politics altogether.

That's quite a list of achievements by David Littleproud! Little wonder that he proclaimed, "I'm buggered, I've had enough," at today's press conference.

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Littleproud challenged for leadership over 'political suicide' split
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/david-littleproud-faces-nationals-leadership-challenge/105435280

Colin Boyce said he'll challenge David Littleproud to be leader of the National Party. Despite the bluster from unnamed Littleproud loyalists, this isn't about whether or not Colin Boyce has the numbers. It's an indication of loss of faith in David Littleproud. It's a rejection of David Littleproud's personal mission to (a) drive-out the last representation of farmers and other rural voters from the National Party and (b) further the National Party's embrace of extreme-rightwing ideology.

In my opinion, David Littleproud has decided the National Party can afford to lose a bunch of rural votes because he thinks the party can steal more Nazi votes away from One Nation. I think he's playing an appallingly stupid and dangerous tactical game, and if he keeps going he'll lose to Pauline Hanson and Banarnaby Joyce. To make matters worse, along the way, he'll destroy the National Party. On that basis, Colin Boyce is doing what's right for the Nationals.

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