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David Littleproud has been elected as the new leader of The National party, replacing Barnaby Joyce. New South Wales senator Perin Davey will serve as his deputy. The decision to dump Barnaby Joyce as leader came after a two-hour long meeting on Monday morning. It’s traditional for the National party to declare all positions vacant following […]
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30 May 2022 /
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Kimberly Hone, the National party’s candidate for the marginal New South Wales electorate of Richmond, has been criticised for a series of social media posts including one where she claimed “one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well.” Hone recently told worshipers at a local Pentecostal church that her “ultimate goal” in politics […]
Tags: AusPol, Australian Conservatives, Cory Bernardi, Election 2022, kimberly hone, Nationals
21 Apr 2022 |
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George Christensen has changed his mind about retiring from politics and will now run for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party at the upcoming federal election. The announcement of Christensen’s backflip on leaving the parliament was made in the News Corp newspapers and a formal announcement is expected later this morning. One Nation will aim to […]
Tags: George Christensen, LNP, Nationals, One Nation, Pauline Hanson
13 Apr 2022 |
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The National party has a new leader, and Australia has a new Deputy Prime Minister, with Barnaby Joyce returning to the leadership role. Joyce was returned to the leadership position after a spill motion was put forward in the party room by close ally Senator Matt Canavan. Michael McCormack had served as the party’s leader […]
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, Nationals
21 Jun 2021 |
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Former Nationals leader John Anderson’s bid to return to politics has come to a sudden end with the party choosing to endorse former NSW director Ross Cadell as their top pick for the senate ticket for New South Wales. He was offered the unwinnable second spot on the ticket, but declined the position. He says […]
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20 Jun 2021 |
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National Party MP George Christensen has urged more Christians to get involved in political parties, suggested removing Medicare funding for abortion services, and outlined his frustration that the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill has not been overtly named as a bill for ‘religious freedom’. Christensen is the latest Coalition identity to spend some time with Family […]
Tags: AusPol, family voice australia, George Christensen, LGBT, Nationals, Pride, religious freedom, religious liberty, Rod Dreher, woke
8 Mar 2021 |
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Michael McCormack is remaining as leader of the Nationals after seeing off a challenge from former leader Barnaby Joyce. McCormack was announced as the party leader this morning, his new deputy is David Littleproud. The leadership spill followed the resignation of Senator Bridget McKenzie from cabinet and the deputy position following her involvement in the […]
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, bridget mckenzie, michael mccormack, Nationals
4 Feb 2020 |
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad has announced he will not contest the next federal election, but will remain on the backbench as the member for Mallee. His political career has come to an end after it was alleged that he’d had dinner with a young woman in Hong Kong who he had connected with through a […]
Tags: Andrew Broad, bridget mckenzie, michael mccormack, Nationals
18 Dec 2018 |
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Western Australian Attorney General is unable to say if the McGowan government will support proposed changes to the state’s Equal Opportunity Act because the results of the federal government’s review into religious freedom in Australia has not yet been released. Yesterday The Greens MP Alison Xamon put forward a bill to amend the Equal Opportunity […]
Tags: Aaron Stonehouse, Alison Xamon, Brian Greig, Christian Porter, Craig Campbell, Equal Opportunity Act, John Quigley, Labor, Liberal, Liberal Democrats, Lyle Shelton, Malcolm Turnbull, Mia Davies, Nationals, religious exemption, Rodney Croome, Ruddock review, The Greens
29 Jun 2018 |
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Michael McCormack has been sworn in as Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister after he won a ballot to become the leader of the Nationals. The Nationals chose the member for Riverina as their new leader after Barnaby Joyce announced his resignation on Friday following weeks of scandal surrounding his extra-marital affair. Queensland MP George Christensen […]
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, George Christensen, michael mccormack, Nationals
26 Feb 2018 |
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