Michael McCormack
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Matt Canavan warns on Middle East wars, draws battle lines with One Nation
The outspoken right-winger was elected leader in a major pivot for the ailing regional party as it seeks to take on Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
- Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
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Ley stared down Littleproud’s threat to walk. He did, and the Coalition’s in ruins
The opposition leader accepted the resignation of three frontbenchers on Wednesday afternoon for breaking cabinet solidarity. By Wednesday night, all the Nationals frontbenchers decided to walk.
- Rob Harris
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‘This is the ejector seat’: Joyce lashes out as he resigns from Nationals, clears way for One Nation move
Barnaby Joyce has formally resigned from the Nationals, ending his 20-year parliamentary career with the party and clearing the way for him to join One Nation.
- Paul Sakkal
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Former rival pleads with Joyce to stay as old ally Canavan readies attacks on defector
Matt Canavan says the party must fill the void left by Barnaby Joyce, even as Michael McCormack made a last-ditch plea to his former leadership rival to not join One Nation.
- Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Bullying, harassment, intimidation: Shocking backlash for farming families who welcome renewables
Across Australia, the drive to ramp up renewables is dividing communities.
- Nick O'Malley and Michael McGowan
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Hanson targets Canavan, Price in hopes Joyce will lead defection to One Nation
Pauline Hanson is targeting several high-profile Coalition MPs to join Barnaby Joyce in what she hopes will be a significant defection to One Nation over net zero and migration.
- Paul Sakkal
Political brawl erupts as renewables backlash sparks threats, bullying
Farm communities are being split over the expansion of wind and solar farms in regional Australia.
- Mike Foley
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Hanson tests Coalition resolve on net zero
Pauline Hanson wants to take advantage of Sussan Ley’s move to a more centrist style, describing herself as Australia’s answer to Nigel Farage, leader of the UK’s Reform.
- Paul Sakkal
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Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear
Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its house in order.
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Littleproud was poised to dump his party rivals. They worked with Ley to rescue the Coalition
Nationals leader David Littleproud announced the dramatic about-face on Coalition talks in a snap press conference in Canberra on Thursday.
- Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos