The new leader of the New South Wales Nationals, Dugald Saunders, will seek to shift the party’s brand away from “sucking on straw in a paddock” to regain young professional voters, after his predecessor was ousted in a party room meeting.
Paul Toole was axed as the party’s leader on Monday, leaving the Nationals with less than 24 hours to redraw its Coalition agreement before parliament sits for the first time since the state election that saw Labor installed in minority government in March.
