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  1. Joyce won't recontest his seat, considering running for One Nation in Senate
    abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/fed
    It's official: Barnaby Joyce has quit the Nationals, and is considering Senate run for One Nation

    Called it! About six weeks ago, I predicted Bananaby Joyce was quitting the Nationals to get together with Pauline Hanson and One Nation because he wants an easy route back into the Senate: rants.au/@BinChicken/115393444

    (Yes, I said what the self-aggrandising Canberra Press Gallery is too gutless to say: "Bananaby Joyce", "Easy Route", and "Pauline Hanson" in the same sentence.)

    #AusPol #BarnabyJoyce #BananabyJoyce #TheNationals #OneNation #PaulineHanson

  2. Just remember folks #thenationals have not been the party of the regional people for years. Albanese opens the flood gates of American beef and not a peep from that bunch of cretins. #auspol #lnp

  3. @cathywilcox

    Meanwhile the federal member for Lyne is The Nationals' Alison Penfold.

    Currently flooded Taree is contained in the electorate of Lyne.

    Climate change is making these flooding events more frequent and more extreme. Likewise making more homes uninsurable.

    I don't think we've heard a peep from MP Penfold.

    Edit:

    To be fair to MP Penfold she has spoken to Sky News, which is why I've not heard anything about what she's been doing, which it turns out is a fair bit.

    That being, I suppose talking about The Nationals' policies and ideological opposition of any action on climate change would be "politicising this tragedy".

    skynews.com.au/australia-news/

    #AusPol #TheNationals #NSWFloods

  4. #thenationals a half arsed party who pretend to represent country people but represent mining interests and rich farming companies is given so much airway. They don’t do anything and they don’t make any effort to achieve anything. The ultimate Australian grifters. #auspol

  5. @InsurgoFormica

    They have a very specific whinge about renewable energy (solar and more so wind turbines) and their requirements for long distance high voltage transmission lines.

    Apart from their ideological stance that they don't accept the science of climate change, I think it boils down to (again) some landowners and their NIMBYism against the "eyesore" (oh noes) of the above infrastructure.

    They then take the ridiculous position that city people don't understand or wouldn't put up with such infrastructure in their backyard.

    #Auspol #TheNationals

  6. CW: Australia’s ageing NBN satellites leave rural internet users struggling to connect

    Great the piece of sh$t that was put in by Turnbull/Abbott with 💯 support of #thenationals is falling apart. It is aaaaallll your fault country people. Live with it. #nbn
    theguardian.com/australia-news

  7. CW: Nationals MP Andrew Gee quits party following decision on voice

    Nationals MP Andrew Gee quits party following decision on voice

    Nationals MP Andrew Gee has announced his resignation from the party and will sit in federal parliament as an independent.

    Gee, who represents the NSW seat of Calare, said he was leaving the junior Coalition party following its decision to oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament.

    He said in a statement:

    I can’t reconcile the fact that every Australian will get a free vote on the vitally important issue of the voice, yet National party MPs are expected to fall into line behind a party position that I fundamentally disagree with, and vote accordingly in parliament.

    While I respect the views of my colleagues, this just isn’t right. I didn’t bring on the debate within the Nationals over the voice or the press conference that followed.

    Gee said recent flooding in NSW which brought devastation to rural areas had also “brought home” the importance of speaking up.

    Now, more than ever, the communities of our region need their MP in their corner advocating for that support, no matter the political stripe of the state or federal government.

    While I accept that in politics compromises have to be made, there comes a point where not speaking out freely can compromise the interests of those we represent.

    – from AAP

    #thenationals #voice

  8. CW: AUSPol: The Nationals and the ‘Indigenous voice’

    It’s quite astounding how divided ‘The Nationals’ are on several major national and international issues.
    Now add the Indigenous Voice, shows the lack of ‘footwork’ by Fed’ leader, Littlepool MP: theguardian.com/australia-news
    #AusPol #TheNationals #UluruStatement #VoiceTreatyTruth