On the wombat trail, Joyce declares war on independents
Joyce warns a teal wave would polarise politics like never before, pushing the Liberal Party’s centre of gravity further to the right than the National Party.
We’re on Gympie Road, motoring north through Brisbane’s outer suburbs, trailing the deputy prime minister in a media car. Suddenly, his Commonwealth vehicle and the Australian Federal Police car close behind it swerve sharply left into a McDonald’s.
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