Masae le laufa'i a le Coalition.

DAVID LITTLEPROUD PRESSER

Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud speaks to the media during a press conference in Brisbane, Thursday, January 22, 2026. The Nationals Leader David Littleproud has formally announced that the Coalition has ended between the Liberal Party and Nationals.(AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / DARREN ENGLAND/AAPIMAGE

Ua fa’atusaina e nisi le so’ofaatasiga le Coalition a le Liberals ma le Nationals i le palemene tele i se fale ua mū i le ‘ele’ele, ua na o le 'aloiafi, le efuefu ma le asu o loo totoe – se ‘Smoking Ruin’.


Na saunoa le ta’ita’i o le National Party, David Littleproud, i le fa’ailoaina aloa'ia o le savavali 'ese o lana vaega 'upufai mai le Coalition ma le Liberal Party, e le o toe fia iai lana vaega ‘upufai i se So’ofa’atasiga ae o ta’ita’ia e Sussan Ley le Liberals:

"We cannot be part - our party room has made it very clear. We cannot be part of a shadow ministry under Sussan Ley. We will sit by ourselves. We will sit and we will undertake what we have done. And I think we got a pretty good record. There's five policies on the books for the for the Coalition at the moment. All of those come from the National Party. So obviously, we'll continue to formulate policy, and we'll continue to get on representing the people that have put us there, but we will do that with the courage and conviction that we've been asked to do. We will not be forced to vote a way that we can, in all good conscience, not support....and that I would have thought is what the Australian people want of our elected officials."

O le laufa'i a le Coalition na masae ina ua mumusu nisi o sui fa’aolioli o le Nationals i le Shadow Cabinet e palota fa’atasi ma le Liberals i le taliaina o le tulafono a le mālō i lafoga fa’atauemu, le hate speech.

Na amata i le fa’amavae o minisita fa’aolioli e to'a 3 mai le Nationals, ma na taliaina e le ta’ita’i o le Liberals ma le itūagai, Sussan Ley. Peita'i ina ua fa’amavae uma ma le isi to'a 8 o sui minisita fa’aolioli mai le Nationals, na taumafai ai Sussan Ley e lē taliaina fa’amavaega ma fa’aauau ai le So’ofa’atasiga le Coalition.

Na saunoa Littleproud, e le'i iai se avanoa na tu’uina atu e soālaupule fa’atasi ai se tali a le itūagai i le tulafono taufa’aofi, ma o fa’amavaega, e le'i faia e fai iai se fa’ai’uga a Sussan Ley pe taliaina pe leai:

"But I sent a letter advising Sussan Ley that if she accepted those resignations, because it would not be appropriate to, considering the circumstances we had, then the entire ministry would resign. We are not offering our resignation for her to accept, we are tendering our resignation."

Na saunoa le teutupe o le mālō tele, Jim Chalmers, e lē o toe 'umi se taimi o totoe o Sussan Ley i le ta’ita’iga i le Liberals ma le itūagai.

Na ia fa’atusaina le itūagai i se fale ua mū i le ‘ele’ele, se ‘Smoking Ruin’:

"Well, the Coalition's a smoking ruin. You know, it's a three-ring circus. It's not an alternative government. They can't stand each other; they can't work together. They're divided, they're dysfunctional, and they're divisive. And I think what's happened this week is that they've put internal politics before public safety, and we're seeing the repercussions from that. Today is not a day for internal politics. Today is a sombre day. It's a day to unite as Australians in grief, in resolve and in solidarity."

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