Nationals leader David Littleproud has defended his record as he faces a challenge for his position when parliament resumes next week.
Littleproud has backed the National Party’s opposition to federal hate speech laws, which resulted in the fracturing of the Coalition, arguing they were a “slippery slope of stopping freedom of speech”.
Backbench MP Colin Boyce, who represents the Queensland electorate of Flynn, revealed on Wednesday that he will launch a spill motion against Littleproud at a party room meeting on Monday.
He said the Coalition needed to reunite, noting that Opposition leader Sussan Ley had left the “door open” to that outcome.
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