National Party

The National Party has ceased to be a political party in the ordinary sense of the word. Instead it has become a wholly owned subsidiary of big mining and energy lobbies. Students of the arts of war are given to admiring the military genius of those who were defeated,

The tasteless tweet prompted furious behind-the-scenes action on the Nationals’ federal MPs WhatsApp group, which presented Canavan with an ultimatum: take the tweet down in an hour or else. Canavan responded with a riposte of “do your worst” and former leader Michael McCormack and Victorian MP Darren Chester swung into …

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has criticised his “friend” and Nationals Party colleague Matt Canavan for a tweet in which he conflated domestic climate policy with the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.

Dubbo Nationals MP Dugald Saunders says there are “significant concerns” around the Indigenous population in Dubbo, as COVID-19 spreads throughout the community. Mr Saunders told Sky News host Chris Kenny most of the transmission that had occurred in the region was “through the Aboriginal community”.

Careful consideration is being given to how best to evacuate hundreds of Afghan nationals to Australia as the Taliban closes in on Kabul.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been in close contact with Australia's allies as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates.

The public have long tolerated a National Party focused on redistributing as much of the spoils of government to its own as possible.

Nationals senator Matt Canavan is called out on Q+A for being "part of the problem" when it comes to Australia's climate change policy and raises controversy by refusing to condemn Liberal MP George Christensen's controversial comments on COVID-19 restrictions.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has rejected suggestions he should pull Nationals MP George Christensen into line, saying he didn’t want to start “prodding the bear”.

Barnaby Joyce has warned colleagues that applying too much pressure to a rogue MP spreading coronavirus misinformation could risk the government's wafer-thin margin. The Nationals leader has had multiple discussions with Queenslander George Christensen after he used parliament to claim lockdowns and masks don't work.