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

Barnaby Joyce’s future will be decided at a Nationals’ party room meeting on Monday. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Barnaby Joyce is fighting to keep his hold on the Nationals’ leadership as a new poll shows three in five Australian voters – or two in five Coalition voters – see him as an electoral weakness.

Joyce’s future as leader of the junior Coalition party will be decided at a party room meeting at 10am on Monday, with rival candidates David Littleproud and Darren Chester making the case for a refresh in the wake of the Coalition’s electoral rout.