That’s a wrap. Thanks for following our live coverage this Friday, May 23, 2025.

Here are some of the stories we covered today:

• Four die in floods, 678 rescued by ‘heroic’ volunteers: Premier Chris Minns has confirmed that there have been four deaths as a result of the NSW floods.

• Liberals confident of Coalition deal with Nationals: The Liberal Party is confident of reaching an agreement with the Nationals to salvage the Coalition, despite ongoing anger at what the Liberals say were the ham-fisted tactics of David Littleproud.

• Widespread outages on NSW train lines: There are widespread train line outages across NSW as the region is smashed with heavy rain.

• McCormack says Littleproud has been ‘messy’: Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack says David Littleproud has been “messy”, and that he is “ambitious for him”, in comments echoing former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

• Nationals deputy expects Liberals to accept their policy terms: Deputy Nationals leader Kevin Hogan is expecting the Liberals to accept the Nationals’ policy terms.

• Nationals are ‘stupid’ for ’holding gun to Liberal Party’s head: Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Nationals are stupid for holding a gun to the Liberal Party’s head.

• Severe weather moves south as rainfall totals near 200mm: A severe weather warning has been issued for southern NSW as heavy rainfall shifts away from the Mid-North Coast, where multiple people have died in never-before-seen flooding.