20-05-2025
Nationals call it quits on decades-long coalition with Liberals
On today's show:
The Nationals will split from the Liberal Party after days of negotiations between the two sides failed to result in a coalition agreement, breaking with a century-long tradition. Reporter: Sinead Mangan with Professor Linda Botterill visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU and author of The National Party - Prospects for the great survivors
The SES is warning that major flooding on the New South Wales mid north coast could reach 2021 levels, with more heavy rain expected over the coming days. Reporter: Keely Johnson (Newcastle)
While torrential rain lashes eastern Australia, conditions could not be more different at Yvette McKenzie's New South Wales Riverina sheep farm. Sheep and cattle farmers are selling off stock, and crop farmers are dry sowing, as southern NSW's drought begins to take hold. Reporter: Emily Doak (Wagga Wagga)
For some coal-mining families, a retirement and old age by the coast or in the city sounds idyllic. But others are choosing to stay in the made-for-mining towns where they've built a life and community. The lack of residential aged-care in some of the Bowen Basin's younger mining communities has left home-care services to cover the gaps. Reporter: Liam O'Connell (Mackay)
