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

Victorian Nationals MP Darren Chester will run against Barnaby Joyce for the party’s leadership saying it’s ‘time for change’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Nationals MP Darren Chester has confirmed he will run for the party’s leadership in a ballot next week, setting up an explosive showdown with his rival Barnaby Joyce - a man Chester once described as “incoherent”.

The Nine newspapers reported Chester saying it was “time for a change” in the party, and that the Nationals needed to “take some responsibility for the Liberal losses in the city”.