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Rise and fall of a leader

Barnaby Joyce is no longer Nationals leader. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
OPINION by Senator Matt Canavan

When the LNP last lost Government in 2007, the Nationals party was reduced to a party room of just 10 […]

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