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
Perry Duffin/AAPThe 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...
