Nationals leader Michael McCormack has warned “they’ll have to blow me out” as he urged his divided party to shelve growing talk of a leadership spill and focus on the needs of the people.
The party, which next meets on Monday morning in Canberra, is in turmoil and senior sources claim Barnaby Joyce has engineered the numbers to mount a spill and win back the role he was forced to relinquish in February 2018.
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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
