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ABC News
13-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
How will Sussan Ley reshape the Coalition?
Former Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey says it will be 'onwards and upwards from here' for the Liberal party.
Perth Now
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Perth Now
Coalition alliance rethink as city, rural divide opens
The federal coalition's political marriage could be up for a rethink as the party partners figure out how to bridge the divide between the regions and the cities. The Liberals were decimated across metropolitan areas while the Nationals maintained most of their seats in the regions, outperforming their coalition partner for the second consecutive election. Deputy Nationals Leader Perin Davey is set to lose her NSW Senate seat after a large swing against the coalition in the state and she was placed third on the joint Senate ticket behind two Liberals. Her upper house seat is likely to be picked up by Labor after an eight per cent swing against the coalition. "We held all incumbent seats while the Liberals lost seats," Senator Davey told AAP on Wednesday. "We need to go to the Liberals now to say we deserve to have the second Senate spot each election, as they do in Queensland." The first two coalition Senate candidates in NSW are essentially guaranteed their place, and the ranking of Nationals and Liberal candidates can impact the delicate coalition partyroom balance. The balance has flow-on effects for cabinet spots and portfolios. As well, the coalition's energy policy is heading to a fork in the road, with Liberals wanting the dump it after blaming it for dragging on their inner city vote, and the Nationals saying it was popular in the regions. "... we should review all of our policies," Nationals MP Kevin Hogan told Sky News, while pointing to positive swings in regional seats where the proposed plants would have been built as his Nationals colleagues backed keeping the policy. The coalition now holds only about one in 10 metropolitan seats while Labor is saturated in every capital city. Such a devastating loss means the nuclear policy needed to be scrapped as it was overwhelmingly rejected by Australians at the election, Liberal senator Maria Kovacic said. Liberal moderate Bridget Archer who lost her Tasmanian seat of Bass also criticised the nuclear policy. There was a disconnect between what the opposition offered and Australians wanted, she said, adding the national campaign had missteps and there wasn't a big enough focus on local issues. Liberal sources say the Nationals driving the policy agenda popular in regional Australia was one of the reasons the Liberals were wiped out in metropolitan seats. Labor insiders point to the nuclear policy as a major reason for the Liberals' inner-city decimation, particularly the price tag associated with it and where budget cuts would come from. A territorial dispute could also come into play with the Nationals emboldened by their electoral tally. Nationals senator Matt Canavan suggested his party should run in more peri-urban seats given their electoral success at previous elections, after the Liberals bled MPs in Saturday's poll. Senator Davey said the Nationals should only run in more seats if there were decent candidates and enough party support to help them.
ABC News
06-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
AUDIO: Nationals Senator ‘shattered' after losing seat ‘because of agreement with the Liberals'
The future of the Liberal-National coalition has come under question, after the Liberals were all but wiped out of the cities... and the Nationals held their ground in regional Australia. While recriminations abound in the Liberal party after the thumping election loss, some Nationals are calling for an increased role in the Coalition.. where they could hold more than a third of the seats in the party room. The election has not come without loss though, with the Nationals looking set to lose their Deputy Leader Perin Davey, who looks to be losing her NSW Senate spot to Labor.
Sky News AU
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Liberal Party's performance may have impacted the Nationals
Deputy Federal Leader of the Nationals Perin Davey has suggested the Liberal Party's poor performance in the federal election has impacted the Nationals. The Liberal Party has suffered a crushing defeat in the federal election, with Peter Dutton also losing his seat of Dickson to Labor. "The Liberal-National coalition in the New South Wales senate is looking like it won't pick up a third quota," Ms Davey told Sky News Australia.
The Guardian
05-05-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Election count continues: Labor poised to grow Senate numbers allowing it to pass legislation with only Greens support
Labor is expected to further grow its numbers in the Senate, allowing it to pass legislation with only the support of the Greens in a power shift that could sideline previously influential crossbenchers such as David Pocock. The Coalition's election disaster looks likely to claim another casualty, with the Nationals' deputy leader, Perin Davey, poised to lose her New South Wales Senate seat. Despite the Greens losing two of their four seats in the lower house, party leader Adam Bandt said the Senate results should encourage Labor to pursue a bolder, more progressive policy agenda in its second term, including expanding Medicare, free childcare and banning new fossil fuel projects. 'It certainly sets us up well now for an era of progressive change in the parliament,' he said on Monday. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email 'The Greens are now in sole balance of power in the next parliament … We stand ready in the Senate to make this the most progressive parliament that Australia has seen.' In the Senate, 40 seats were up for re-election: half the seats held by state senators, which have six-year terms, half of which come up for re-election each campaign; as well as the four seats for the ACT and Northern Territory, elected every term. The final Senate results will not be known until at least next week, and polling experts cautioned that Senate results could continue bouncing around from current standings. With counting still under way, Labor is projected to have at least 28 Senate seats in the next parliament, up from 24 at the end of the previous term. The Coalition is on 26 Senate seats, down from 30 at the end of the previous term. The Greens appear certain to hold 11 seats in the next parliament, after all six senators up for re-election in 2025 held their ground. One Nation's Malcolm Roberts, Jacqui Lambie, and Liberal defectors David Van and Gerard Rennick were up for re-election in 2025; the terms of Pauline Hanson, Fatima Payman, Lidia Thorpe, Tammy Tyrrell and Ralph Babet continue, with those senators up for re-election in 2028. Labor looks likely to pick up an extra senator in Queensland, and is also currently ahead in the race for the sixth spot in NSW, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. Former Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah, whose political career appeared finished after her seat of Higgins was abolished, is in a battle with One Nation and Legalise Cannabis' Fiona Patten for the final spot in Victoria. With 28 seats in the Senate, Labor would only require the Greens' support to pass legislation that the Coalition opposes. At the end of the previous parliament, Labor needed the support of the Greens and three crossbenchers to pass contentious bills. The Senate makeup handed crossbenchers, in particular Pocock and JLambie, casting votes over critical parts of Labor's agenda. Sign up to Afternoon Update: Election 2025 Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key election campaign stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion Lambie is in a fight to remain in parliament as she battles One Nation's Lee Hanson – daughter of Pauline – for the final spot in Tasmania. One Nation is also in the mix for a final Senate seat in WA. If the younger Hanson pulls off the boilover, and One Nation prevails in tight races, the right-wing party's Senate representation could jump from its current two. Pocock emphatically retained his seat in the ACT, even outpolling the finance minister, Katy Gallagher an indication of his enormous popularity in the nation's capital. Labor's new senators to join the parliament could include Emilija Beljic in NSW, Ananda-Rajah in Victoria, Corinne Mulholland in Queenland, Ellie Whiteaker and Deep Singh in WA and Richard Dowling in Tasmania. They may be joined by South Australian Labor candidate Charlotte Walker, who turned 21 on election night. Walker he is now leading the race for the sixth spot, and would be one of the youngest ever members of federal parliament. Bandt, putting a positive spin on the Greens' disappointing results in the House of Representatives, said the Senate result would allow Labor to pass legislation with just the support of his 11 senators. He noted the Greens had achieved a 'record Senate vote' of about 14% and said Labor should aim for a more ambitious policy agenda. 'The only barrier to getting dental into Medicare now and passing it through the parliament is Labor. The only obstacle to making childcare free is Labor. The only obstacle to stopping new coal and gas mines from being opened is Labor,' he said. In other results, Davey is expected to become the fourth member of Peter Dutton's shadow cabinet to lose their seat, with a 10% swing against the Coalition in NSW likely to cost it a third Senate spot. The shadow housing minister, Michael Sukkar, the shadow foreign affairs, David Coleman, and Dutton himself all lost their seats in Saturday's landslide Labor win.
