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Barnaby Joyce fights to stay on as Nationals’ leader as poll suggests most voters view him as electoral weakness

David Littleproud and Darren Chester make the case for a refresh in wake of Coalition rout

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Barnaby Joyce’s character on trial in tight leadership vote

Barnaby Joyce's reputation as a straight-talking maverick made his career, but it could end his leadership in a partyroom ballot on Monday.

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Littleproud ousts Joyce in Nationals leadership spill, as Liberals give Dutton clear run

Update: David Littleproud has been elected leader of the National Party after successfully challenging Barnaby Joyce on May 30. More analysis to come.

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Littleproud to run for Nationals top job

The Nationals' high-profile deputy leader David Littleproud will nominate for the leadership position of his boss, Barnaby Joyce.

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David Littleproud declares he will challenge Barnaby Joyce for National party leadership

Deputy Nationals leader David Littleproud confirms he will try to topple Barnaby Joyce as leader when the party meets in Canberra on Monday.

ABC News

Darren Chester to challenge Barnaby Joyce for Nationals leadership, but plays down chances

The Victorian MP says "extreme" comments from some of his colleagues contributed to the Coalition's loss and the party needs to listen to what Australians want.

ABC News

The Nats Are Fighting Again Bc An MP Just Put His Hand Up To Challenge Barnaby For Leadership

The Nationals Party leadership has been contested by Darren Chester following the Coalition's election loss and Barnaby Joyce's return.

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NSW paramedics take industrial action; interest rate rises predicted – as it happened

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Spoiled for Joyce

Good morning, early birds. Barnaby Joyce is set to be challenged for the Nationals leadership, and people in NSW who call 000 but don’t need urgent medical attention could be taken to GPs or pharmacies under a new plan to take the pressure off ambulance networks. It’s the news you…

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Federal election: Anthony Albanese to urge Fair Work Commission to raise minimum wage, Barnaby Joyce faces challenge for Nationals leadership — as it happened

The Prime Minister will urge the Fair Work Commission to increase the minimum wage, while Liberal MP Stuart Robert says gender quotas in the party are "probably something we'll discuss".

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Nationals urged to recognise wider views

Darren Chester will take on Barnaby Joyce for the Nationals leadership, saying the views of some party colleagues had impacted the election result.

AAP

Chester to contest Nationals leadership

Darren Chester will contest for the Nationals leadership, indicating the views of some party colleagues had impacted the party’s chances at the election.

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‘Time for change’: Darren Chester confirms he will challenge Barnaby Joyce for Nationals leadership

Former veterans affairs minister says ‘it’s important we listen to the message we received over the weekend from the Australian people’

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Nationals weigh up leadership options

As National Party members and senators prepare to come to Canberra, two MPs have declared their tilts for the party’s two top jobs.

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Eden-Monaro and Gippsland are next-door neighbours: why is one seat safe and the other marginal?

The recent federal election saw some close calls but few surprises in the regions, where wild electoral swings are rare.

The Guardian - AU

Rural News Corp paper delivers sharp rebuke to Barnaby Joyce over Nationals’ climate ‘deniers’

‘Bible of the bush’ urges party to concede global heating is real as Darren Chester compares Joyce’s boast about retaining seats to a surgeon saying an operation succeeded when ‘the patient died’

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When will the Liberals work out how toxic Barnaby Joyce really is?

Does Barnaby Joyce accept any responsibility for the catastrophe that befell the Morrison government? No more than he accepts responsibility for anything else.

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Nationals to contest the party leadership

The federal Nationals will spill the leadership at a meeting next week, with on MP urging his colleagues to declare their intention to contest for the role.

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Nationals leadership contest to be decided as Matt Canavan calls net zero a 'failed agenda'

The National Party could have a new leader as early as next week as Barnaby Joyce's leadership is put to a vote and the party room wrestles with its future "barking from the wilderness in opposition".

The Guardian - AU

‘Election losing machine’: ridiculed Victorian Liberal party to keep targeting Dan Andrews

The approach backfired at a federal level, with the party facing the possibility of holding just two Melbourne seats

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce says all is well with the Nationals’ vote – but a deeper dive suggests trouble lies ahead

Party leader is talking up its election success, but a closer look at the numbers shows their competition is increasing

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce signals Nationals could drop support for net zero emissions

Party leader refuses to rule out split from Liberals, saying it’s a ‘decision for both parties’ but his ‘preference’ is for Coalition to continue

The Guardian - AU

Watch the margins: competitive market forces have come to Australia’s rural electorates

Community-based independents, regional migration and the magic of electoral marginality have the capacity to make sitting MPs work harder for every vote

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