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Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat

Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election.

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Barnaby waves bye to Nats as he exits stage far-right

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has quit the rural party, but his future remains unclear as he considers joining One Nation.

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Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened

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View from The Hill: it’s been a carefully orchestrated political courtship, but the marriage could be rocky

The Senate might be thoroughly sick of Pauline Hanson’s antics – on Tuesday it suspended her for seven days over her appearance in a burqa – but she’s Barnaby Joyce’s kind of politician.

The Conversation

Joyce's defection decision looms after high-stakes meal

After months of speculation, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is ready to play the wildcard and reveal if he's going to cross the Rubicon and join One Nation.

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Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders

If the Liberal party can’t sell itself to an aspirational city like Sydney, then its future is surely grim

The Guardian - AU

Who Is Charlie Saunders? Aussie Official Dugald Saunders Resigns After Daughter's OnlyFans Career Revealed

NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders has resigned, saying he is prioritising family, as his daughter features in a new adult-industry documentary that has drawn national attention.

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The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral

The Nationals have a new leader in Gurmesh Singh, and Kellie Sloane could soon replace Liberal leader Mark Speakman. But the Coalition is fractured on net zero

The Guardian - AU

New leader urges voters stick by divided coalition

A renewable energy believer has been elected to lead the NSW Nationals but won't back the same climate target as the Liberals.

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Dugald Saunders steps down as NSW Nationals leader with speculation the Liberals’ Mark Speakman could follow

Saunders says ‘it is the right time for me to take a step back and focus on my family and myself’, week after state Nationals dump net zero commitment

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Coalition parties jointly cremate net zero, while leadership contenders circle Sussan Ley

The Coalition parties on Sunday formally endorsed a joint policy on climate and energy that drops the commitment to net zero and gives priority to affordable power. But settling this contentious issue has failed to ease the pressure on Sussan Ley’s leadership.

The Conversation

Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost

As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition is spinning a line that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it?

In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters

The Guardian - AU

Conservatives zero in on migration after climate coup

The opposition's fight over Australia's climate targets might have been run and won, but MPs are now gearing up for a fresh battle on migration policy.

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Facebook community groups and maggot-infested rats: the inner workings of Australia’s climate misinformation war

Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy

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Libs making 'same mistakes' after dumping net zero

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Liberals' climate policy will do little in helping the coalition win back ground to form government.

The Conversation

Sussan Ley buries Liberal commitment to net zero, but offers a fig leaf to moderates

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced on Thursday that the Liberal Party was dropping its commitment to net zero and said a future Liberal government would repeal Australia’s present legislated 2030 and 2050 targets for reducing emissions.

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Pushback over proposal to lower speed limits on Australia’s country roads to between 70 and 90km/h

Federal infrastructure department’s ‘regulatory impact analysis’ reduce default speed limits on regional roads from 100km/h

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'Passionate' debate during hours-long climate talks

The Liberals will finally lock in a formal position on climate change and energy policy after a protracted party room meeting in the nation's capital.

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View from The Hill: Ley’s in a no-win situation as warring Liberal tribes battle over net zero

As Liberals prepare for Wednesday’s party meeting to discuss climate policy, one wouldn’t blame Sussan Ley if she were starting to wonder why she stood for leader in the first place.

The Guardian - AU

Howard urges Ley to ‘get together’ with PM on four-year federal parliamentary terms – as it happened

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Ranking the Top 10 MLB Trade Candidates This Offseason

A look at the biggest names likely to be available on the MLB trade market this winter, including Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.

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War of words heats up amid Liberals' climate battle

Two Liberals have gone head-to-head over speculation about Sussan Ley's leadership as the coalition prepares to finalise its approach to climate change.

The Guardian - AU

Crisafulli declares end to ‘cannoli diplomacy’ with Albanese over lack of hospital funding – as it happened

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Liberals risk joining 'baddies' with fossil-fuel push

Australia cannot pull out of the Paris Agreement, a Liberal frontbencher has declared, as his party prepares to face off over climate and energy policy.

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