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Canavan hopes to woo Joyce back to the Nationals

Nationals senator Matt Canavan hopes to meet with now-independent MP Barnaby Joyce in his electorate after the ex-deputy prime minister resigned from the party.

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Call to examine 'perverse' excise fuelling illegal cigs

Nationals leader David Littleproud says parliament needs to take a "courageous look" at the tobacco excise amid a surge in black market sales.

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ABC boss denies host an ‘activist’ after criticism from Nampijinpa Price – as it happened

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Immigration 'division' as parties jump on bandwagon

An ex-Howard government minister has urged the Liberals to stand by Australia's non-discriminatory approach to immigration as support bleeds to One Nation.

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Liberals go back to basics after crawling to year's end

The Liberals are attempting to win back the title of "responsible economic managers" and turn over a new leaf after a tumultuous parliamentary year.

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Labor on a high as Barnaby bolts and Pauline shocks

As the political year draws to a close, a week of Senate estimates is all that's left on the calendar, with a controversial website redesign to be scrutinised.

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Brumby's days numbered after shift in alpine regions

Opinions are split over the removal of special protections for wild horses living in the Australian Alps, which some say threatens the identity of the region.

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Nationals tip short honeymoon if Barnaby joins Hanson

Barnaby Joyce's resignation from the Nationals has raised questions about what role he could play in One Nation if he shifts to the right-wing minor party.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has had a rugged start as leader. With Liberal rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie circling for her position, Ley needs to not only survive, but rebuild her party from its historic lows in the polls.

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Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens do nature laws deal; Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals; and cricket’s real-life Field of Dreams

Government agrees to prevent fast-tracking of coal and gas projects and subject native forest logging to national environment standards over 18 months

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Barnaby Joyce, Messy Bitch Who Loves Drama, Just Quit The Nationals

He chose chaos with that speech.

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Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat

Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election.

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Barnaby waves bye to Nats as he exits stage far-right

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has quit the rural party, but his future remains unclear as he considers joining One Nation.

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Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened

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View from The Hill: it’s been a carefully orchestrated political courtship, but the marriage could be rocky

The Senate might be thoroughly sick of Pauline Hanson’s antics – on Tuesday it suspended her for seven days over her appearance in a burqa – but she’s Barnaby Joyce’s kind of politician.

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Joyce's defection decision looms after high-stakes meal

After months of speculation, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is ready to play the wildcard and reveal if he's going to cross the Rubicon and join One Nation.

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Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders

If the Liberal party can’t sell itself to an aspirational city like Sydney, then its future is surely grim

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Who Is Charlie Saunders? Aussie Official Dugald Saunders Resigns After Daughter's OnlyFans Career Revealed

NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders has resigned, saying he is prioritising family, as his daughter features in a new adult-industry documentary that has drawn national attention.

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

The Nationals have a new leader in Gurmesh Singh, and Kellie Sloane could soon replace Liberal leader Mark Speakman. But the Coalition is fractured on net zero

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New leader urges voters stick by divided coalition

A renewable energy believer has been elected to lead the NSW Nationals but won't back the same climate target as the Liberals.

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Dugald Saunders steps down as NSW Nationals leader with speculation the Liberals’ Mark Speakman could follow

Saunders says ‘it is the right time for me to take a step back and focus on my family and myself’, week after state Nationals dump net zero commitment

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View from The Hill: Coalition parties jointly cremate net zero, while leadership contenders circle Sussan Ley

The Coalition parties on Sunday formally endorsed a joint policy on climate and energy that drops the commitment to net zero and gives priority to affordable power. But settling this contentious issue has failed to ease the pressure on Sussan Ley’s leadership.

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Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost

As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points

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The Coalition is spinning a line that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it?

In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters

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