David Littleproud to meet with Sussan Ley about future of Coalition after surviving leadership challenge
Nationals leader to meet with Liberal counterpart less than two weeks after spectacularly blowing up the CoalitionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid Littleproud has survived a leadership challenge and is set for...
<p>Nationals leader to meet with Liberal counterpart less than two weeks after spectacularly blowing up the Coalition</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/02/australia-news-live-desi-freeman-porepunkah-shooting-search-nationals-leadership-spill-littleproud-liberals-sussan-ley-angus-taylor-andrew-hastie-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>David Littleproud has survived a leadership challenge and is set for face-to-face talks with Sussan Ley about reuniting with the Liberals – less than a fortnight after the country party spectacularly blew up the Coalition.</p><p>The two leaders are scheduled to meet on Monday night after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/29/colin-boyce-nationals-leadership-challenge-furious-cattle-farmer">Colin Boyce</a>’s attempt to spill the Nationals leadership failed as expected at a 2pm meeting in Canberra.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/02/david-littleproud-nationals-coalition-sussan-ley-meeting">Continue reading...</a>
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