24 June 2021
Australia, National Party, World
It has also encouraged the government to explore pathways to permanent residents for Myanmar nationals who wish to remain in Australia. The recommendations will put pressure on the government to ratchet up its response to the February 1 coup.
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24 June 2021
Australia, Business, Canberra, Fremantle, Fremantle Dockers, Internet, National Party, Perth, Politics, QLD, Shepparton, Traralgon
It has been quite a week for the Nationals and for party whip and Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum. Leadership spills can be brutal and for the whip, who has the task of wrangling the factions and running the ballot it can be tough. ABC election pundit Antony Green …
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24 June 2021
Covid-19, National Party, NSW, Politics, Sydney
Sydney's COVID crisis has made its way into state parliament with the Agriculture Minister testing positive. Adam Marshall is one of four Nationals MP's in isolation after dining at Christo's Pizza restaurant in Paddington on Monday night,
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24 June 2021
Australia, National Party, Politics
The National Party are already more emboldened under Barnaby Joyce's leadership, but in the lead up to an election, their "robustness" can actually be of help to the Liberals. The Political Editor for Channel Ten and columnist for The Australian Peter Van Onselen joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest …
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23 June 2021
National Party, Politics
A bold attempt by the Nationals to revise the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has been met with strong opposition and a call to remove the federal water portfolio from the party. The move unfolded in the Senate on Wednesday,
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23 June 2021
National Party, World
Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud has blasted UNESCO officials for recommending the Great Barrier Reef be listed as in danger.
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23 June 2021
National Party, Politics
The Nationals attempt to drastically alter the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has sparked calls for the party to be stripped of the water portfolio.
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23 June 2021
National Party, World
Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud has blasted UNESCO officials for recommending the Great Barrier Reef be listed as in danger.
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23 June 2021
Australia, Covid-19, National Party, NSW, Sydney
Four members of the NSW coalition government are in self-isolation after dining together at a COVID-19 exposure site in Sydney. Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall, Ben Franklin, Trevor Khan and Steph Cooke – all Nationals – dined together in Sydney's east on Monday and later received a notification from NSW Health …
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23 June 2021
National Party, Politics
The Deputy Nationals Leader has hosed down talk the party will make a deal with the Coalition backing a 2050 net-zero emissions target. Senator Bridgett McKenzie hinted that the party is open to a compromise,
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