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Whenever the Coalition imposes a policy that affects people in the bush, it threatens the Nationals’ survival. But now the party faces a new problem.
Whenever the Coalition imposes a policy that affects people in the bush, it threatens the Nationals’ survival. But now the party faces a new problem.
An Australian Royal Commission's report into whether Crown Casino should keep its license in the state of Victoria ...
Rachel Southwell, Traralgon I AM disgusted by the Victorian National Party’s boys’ club carrying on like feral schoolkids in reaction to Barnaby Joyce’s return to the deputy prime ministership and the demotion of Darren Chester from Cabinet. Trying to undermine the federal government in the middle of the international turmoil caused by COVID-19, China’s banging of war drums in the South China Sea, and Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is just disgraceful. Yet they would try to force the federal government into minority status through their failed plan to disaffiliate the Victorian Nati...
GIPPSLAND MHR Darren Chester publicly cautioned his party against climate denial earlier this month, calling for “more boots and less suits” when it comes to climate action. In an opinion piece submitted to the Herald Sun, Gippsland MHR Darren Chester warned the Nationals could “wave goodbye to the generation of voters who will shape the future of Australia” if the party continued its fixation on coal. “Quite simply, the Nationals party room can’t be looking back wistfully at the 1950s as the good old days, when our communities are looking forward with optimism and purpose to a be...