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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies

The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral

Newly elected NSW Nationals Leader Gurmesh Singh speaks to the media
Newly elected NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh is no Barnaby Joyce or Matt Canavan, but he is of the same party. Photograph: Bianca De Marchi/AAP

The NSW Nationals have a new leader, Gurmesh Singh, and the Liberals will almost certainly follow suit by early next week.

It’s desperation politics. Changing leaders will probably do nothing to stop the apparent death spiral the conservative side of politics has inflicted upon itself – in Canberra and now the states.

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