Little for Joyce to be smug about
The numbers might still be in the Coalition’s favour, but the major parties are bleeding support.
The Nationals
Turnbull, Joyce show time heals all wounds
Political heavyweights Malcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce were thought to be sworn enemies. But our spies have spotted something fascinating.
Nationals’ split democracy at work
In the classroom, Barnaby Joyce is a reasonable contemporary example of Macbeth.
Joyce at heart of PM’s political crisis
Scott Morrison’s being robbed of clear air amid a Byzantine turf war in the Coalition; his political prospects may be in danger.
Empty chair lays bare Nats crisis
There was a noticeably empty chair during Joko Widodo’s historic address to parliament yesterday.
A Nationals hero walks away
Matt Canavan played an important role in securing victory for the Coalition. He’s proof the Nats are still relevant.
Damaged PM’s best asset: time
Run over by the Nats’ clown car, ringmaster Scott Morrison still has time to engineer another miracle.
Joyce moves on to drink alone
‘In politics, losers don’t have friends,’ one Liberal joked after spotting Barnaby Joyce drinking champagne alone.
Nats fail to put best team forward
Leaving Matt Canavan outside the cabinet and Barnaby Joyce in the cold will come at a price.
MickMack paddywhacked, what’s the damage?
The question on everyone’s lips: was the final Nats leadership vote ‘a hit, a very palpable 11 to 10 hit’ or ‘just a 15 to 6 flesh wound’?
Keating Labor’s point in long speech
The Paul Keating Insult Generator was in fine form at the Labor Caucus dinner in Canberra on Monday night.
Leader’s lesson after near-death experience
Barnaby Joyce has been fended off, for now. But Michael McCormack’s survival does not solve the Nationals’ or the Coalition’s woes.
‘You won’t exist’: farmers warn Nats
This image of an angry farmer and the Nats leader highlights the Coalition’s woes with rural Australia.
Inglorious days as Greens heat up climate hyperbole
And Barnaby Joyce manages to choose the wrong words to make an irrelevant point.
When will Nats stand up to the Libs?
Michael McCormack isn’t that bad a leader, but he is subservient to Scott Morrison – and that is the problem.
Pollies created river crisis
Speculator hoarding and that old villain climate change aren’t depriving farmers of water they need; the culprit is elsewhere.
Julie Bishop’s old-school ties
A tip for ANU students: Julie Bishop repeatedly voted in favour of voluntary student union fees.
Steggall distorts Thatcher’s views
Zali Steggall is guilty of historical revisionism by imagining Iron Lady as a climate comrade in arms.
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