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Barnaby Joyce has lit a match under tensions in the Nationals, lashing the Coalition as no marriage of equals and demanding its junior partner be given more powerful ministries. Mr Joyce has reignited tensions in the junior Coalition partner, using an op-ed in The Australian to claim the Coalition had devolved into a marriage of convenience that damaged the party s electoral chances. The former Nationals leader demanded the party be granted more powerful ministry portfolios to avert electoral disaster, with regional issues muffled or mute under the current set-up. Mr Joyce said a Coalition has to be in fact and form to authentically live up to its name , warning the government was propped up by regional seats won by the Nationals.
Barnaby Joyce has lit a match under tensions in the Nationals, lashing the Coalition as no marriage of equals and demanding its junior partner be given more powerful ministries. Mr Joyce has reignited tensions in the junior Coalition partner, using an op-ed in The Australian to claim the Coalition had devolved into a marriage of convenience that damaged the party s electoral chances. The former Nationals leader demanded the party be granted more powerful ministry portfolios to avert electoral disaster, with regional issues muffled or mute under the current set-up. Mr Joyce said a Coalition has to be in fact and form to authentically live up to its name , warning the government was propped up by regional seats won by the Nationals.