Do we like David Littleproud?
Our score: 3 out of 10. His recorded votes run consistently against LGBTI and trans protections and climate action, set against real service to regional communities.
Littleproud grew up in Chinchilla, a rural Queensland town, and came to politics from agribusiness banking with NAB and Suncorp, plus time as a farm manager. He won Maranoa in 2016, held the agriculture portfolio in government, and took over the Nationals from Barnaby Joyce in May 2022. He is a regional bloke through and through, and that shapes nearly every position he takes.
The recent drama is a leadership one. After the 2025 election he led the Nationals through two Coalition splits, the second in January 2026 over Labor's hate speech laws, before the parties got back together. On 10 March 2026 he announced he was stepping down as leader, said it was time to refresh the team, and backed Angus Taylor as Liberal leader. Matt Canavan took the job, and a week later Littleproud was moved to shadow emergency services and tourism. Nothing newer has turned up since.
Now the harm check. In 2017 he said he would vote no on same-sex marriage because Maranoa's postal survey result was no. Since then, per They Vote For You, he has voted for a same-sex marriage plebiscite and for celebrants' right to refuse same-sex couples. The site also lists him as consistently voting against increasing legal protections for LGBTI people and against transgender rights and protections. His defence is that he follows his electorate, but the votes are still his.
On climate, he said in 2025 the Nationals were not walking away from cutting emissions, but wanted a “better, fairer, cheaper way”, and the party room dropped net zero by 2050. In an August 2025 radio interview he pushed adaptation over net zero, and the Climate Council's CEO accused him of “peddling climate denial”. They Vote For You has him consistently voting against the Paris Climate Agreement, renewable energy investment and net zero by 2035.
In 2022 he announced the Nationals would oppose the Indigenous Voice, saying it would do little for Closing the Gap and local communities should be empowered locally. Voice advocates and GetUp slammed the decision, and he later voted against holding the referendum. He also copped a few personal stoushes. Labor demanded an apology over his remark that a Labor MP had “as much pull as a chihuahua”, and no reply was reported. Zali Steggall accused him in Question Time of telling her to be careful, while he said she was “looking for attention”.
The good stuff is real if you're in the bush. He has been an advocate for regional communities, held the agriculture portfolio, and kept a shadow role in emergency services after stepping down. The Nationals' federal president called him approachable and hardworking. I couldn't find a charity record or a kind-act story beyond that, so that's honestly the whole list.