Are the Nationals now the party for mining, not farming? If so, Barnaby Joyce must tread carefully
- Written by Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland

The return of Barnaby Joyce to the federal National Party’s top job has highlighted tensions within, and dilemmas for, the broader party – particularly on climate change policy and coal.
Joyce and some of his Queensland colleagues unashamedly support the coal industry, and the federal party appears broadly opposed to...