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Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack spent the weekend batting away reports former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce was preparing to call a spill.

The Nationals leader has vowed to fight off any potential challenge when the 21-member junior Coalition partner returns to Canberra on Monday for the final parliamentary sitting week before the winter break.

Senior sources claim Barnaby Joyce has engineered the numbers to mount a spill and win back the role he was forced to relinquish in February 2018.

A Nationals leadership tussle fuelled by discontent with the performance of Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack is threatening to spill over but would-be challenger Barnaby Joyce is adamant he isn’t moving – yet.

Nationals leader Michael McCormack instructs critics to focus on communities not party politics as speculation grows of impending leadership spill

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has brushed aside speculation his predecessor Barnaby Joyce will challenge him for the Nationals leadership as soon as Monday, declaring himself unfazed by people “pushing personal ambition”.

Kay Hull said Michael McCormack's leadership is "strong and resilient" in response to speculation that Barnaby Joyce could move for a leadership spill within days.

After the Financial Review reported plans by Barnaby Joyce to make a run for the leadership as early as Monday, David Littleproud also emerged as a contender.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack responds to an "unsourced, online report" about a potential challenge from former leader Barnaby Joyce, saying there is "no reason" for the Nationals party room not to be behind him.

Momentum is building inside the Nationals for a leadership spill as early as Monday with Barnaby Joyce poised to depose Michael McCormack.