An explosive new row over climate change has erupted inside the Morrison government following a failed bid by Barnaby Joyce to wrest the Nationals leadership from Michael McCormack.
Moments after Mr Joyce lost the spill, he and his backers including George Christensen and David Gillespie, spoke in the joint party room meeting against climate change policy.
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