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Barnaby Joyce says all is well with the Nationals’ vote – but a deeper dive suggests trouble lies ahead

Party leader is talking up its election success, but a closer look at the numbers shows their competition is increasing

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry

The transition from one government to another involves a democratic miracle and a physical mess.

The Conversation

Nationals could dump Barnaby Joyce over net zero stance with Peter Dutton set to lead Liberals

Sussan Ley or Jane Hume likely to be deputy Liberal leader as Coalition continues to grapple with election fallout

The Guardian - AU

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Sunk at the last minute: the $250m Port of Newcastle container terminal package

The Morrison government came within 24 hours of unveiling a $250 million infrastructure package to support the establishment of a container terminal at the Port of Newcastle but dumped the commitment over concerns that it would be seen as promoting Chinese interests in Australia.

Newcastle Herald

Michael McCormack says Coalition election result would have been better if he, not Barnaby Joyce, led Nationals

The former deputy prime minister is yet to declare if he will nominate for the Nationals leadership, but says the Coalition would have done better if he was in charge.

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce signals Nationals could drop support for net zero emissions

Party leader refuses to rule out split from Liberals, saying it’s a ‘decision for both parties’ but his ‘preference’ is for Coalition to continue

The Guardian - AU

From Barnaby country to Labor's heartlands: what the ACM papers say

We're a broad church here at ACM.

Newcastle Herald

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Michael McCormack suggests Barnaby Joyce’s unpopularity in inner city contributed to Coalition’s loss

Former Nationals leader says he was ‘very popular’ in inner city and that mixed messages on net zero emissions ‘didn’t help’

The Guardian - AU

Australia's Labor to retake power after 9 years, independents may hold sway

Australia's Labor Party will form the country's next government on Monday, as unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focussed independents ended nearly a decade of rule by the conservative coalition.

Reuters

Labor, Anthony Albanese make history with 2022 federal election victory

The Labor Party has made history with their 2022 federal election win, securing more seats than the Coalition for the first time in 15 years.

ABC News

'I don't think, I know': how 5 words from the French president triggered a ruinous run on Morrison's character

It really started unravelling for Scott Morrison on All Saints Day, November 1 2021, when French President Emmanuel Macron branded him a liar.

The Conversation

NSW's Hunter in play for Nationals: Joyce

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce believes his party can win the NSW seat of Hunter and says it would show Labor remains struggling to serve regional Australia.

AAP

Election analysis: Nationals have half the Greens vote with 10 times as many MPs

The Nationals get less than half the vote of the Greens but have 10 times as many MPs. Go figure.

Newcastle Herald

Pipeline of funding for 'crucial' seat of Hunter

Barnaby Joyce described the Hunter as "crucial" to the election as he announced $15 million in water supply funding on his second consecutive day in the region.

Newcastle Herald

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It's going to be 'very tight' but Joyce says Nats will get Hunter 'humming again'

"This is a town that's going to get smacked if the Labor-Greens get in."

The Guardian - AU

Watch the margins: competitive market forces have come to Australia’s rural electorates

Community-based independents, regional migration and the magic of electoral marginality have the capacity to make sitting MPs work harder for every vote

Newcastle Herald

Deputy PM in Hunter for $5.5 million pledge, refuses to talk 'transition'

The Deputy Prime Minister was in Muswellbrook on Thursday to announce $5.5 million in funding for amenities at Olympic Park if the Coalition is re-elected.

The Guardian - AU

Labor to consider new national Covid strategy to reduce deaths

Anthony Albanese says pandemic still ‘major issue’, but Scott Morrison says Australians want to ‘put that in the rear-vision mirror’

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Regional Queensland loses federal election spotlight as major parties focus elsewhere

Experts say there has been a "noticeable drop in emphasis" on regional Queensland during the 2022 campaign as major parties focus on other electorates.

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce’s drought envoy texts not ‘documents of a minister’, prime minister’s office claims

PMO again refuses freedom of information request to release any messages Joyce says were reports on his work

ABC News

Government infighting over climate change made giving honest policy advice harder, tribunal told

Internal conflict within the Morrison government on climate change policy made it harder for public servants to give frank advice about how to prepare for worsening climate extremes, according to the sworn testimony of a senior bureaucrat.

The Guardian - AU

‘We were kind of terrified’: rural Telstra customers lose service for a week

An eight-day outage in the NSW town of Uralla exposed major vulnerabilities as a grassfire, medical emergency and business disruptions hit

Newsroom.co.nz

‘His beating heart is a focus group’ - What makes Morrison tick

Veteran Australian political writer Michelle Grattan weighs the factors ranged against PM Scott Morrison winning again in the election this Saturday

ABC News

Tension builds over three-cornered contest in Nicholls electorate, despite vast Nationals margin

Nicholls is held by the Nationals with a spacious 20 per cent margin. But the combination of a retiring MP and a prominent independent candidate could mean the end of the Coalition's stronghold on the seat.

The Conversation

'His beating heart is a focus group': what makes Scott Morrison tick?

Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister. You can read Paul Strangio’s profile of Anthony Albanese here.

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