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| Barnaby Joyce wins Nationals leadership, Fiona Nash named deputy – politics live | Barnaby Joyce wins Nationals leadership, Fiona Nash named deputy – politics live |
| (5 days later) | |
| 11.01am GMT | 11.01am GMT |
| 11:01 | 11:01 |
| Nighty night | Nighty night |
| Well it’s time to saddle up and ride out of here. Thanks very much for your company tonight and through the week. | Well it’s time to saddle up and ride out of here. Thanks very much for your company tonight and through the week. |
| Let’s wrap today, Thursday: | Let’s wrap today, Thursday: |
| There was more, but right now, that’s enough. Bless Magic Mike Bowers. Bless the readers. Have a good evening. | There was more, but right now, that’s enough. Bless Magic Mike Bowers. Bless the readers. Have a good evening. |
| Better than Warren Truss in any case. Here is the circle of political life in one frame. | Better than Warren Truss in any case. Here is the circle of political life in one frame. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.04am GMT | at 11.04am GMT |
| 10.52am GMT | 10.52am GMT |
| 10:52 | 10:52 |
| The internet is a very rude place. | The internet is a very rude place. |
| Remember where you were when Barnaby Joyce became Australia's Deputy Prime Minister #auspol pic.twitter.com/NER6EwILm9 | Remember where you were when Barnaby Joyce became Australia's Deputy Prime Minister #auspol pic.twitter.com/NER6EwILm9 |
| 10.48am GMT | 10.48am GMT |
| 10:48 | 10:48 |
| Pump, pump the jam, pump it up. | Pump, pump the jam, pump it up. |
| Pumped, says the prime minister. | Pumped, says the prime minister. |
| Pumped. | Pumped. |
| 10.46am GMT | 10.46am GMT |
| 10:46 | 10:46 |
| Joyce is asked whether he’ll take up land rights, the rights of farmers. He says it has to be a balance. The mining industry should not be shut down. But there is the challenge of keeping prime agricultural land. Joyce says this isn’t a binary issue, it’s a complex one. | Joyce is asked whether he’ll take up land rights, the rights of farmers. He says it has to be a balance. The mining industry should not be shut down. But there is the challenge of keeping prime agricultural land. Joyce says this isn’t a binary issue, it’s a complex one. |
| And that’s a wrap. I’ll share some more pictures shortly. | And that’s a wrap. I’ll share some more pictures shortly. |
| 10.44am GMT | 10.44am GMT |
| 10:44 | 10:44 |
| Joyce is asked how he wants to make a difference in politics. He proceeds to list the various interests of colleagues, fairer banks, cooperatives, effective irrigation. He says the challenge is to influence this at the cabinet level. For backbenchers, it is influencing the public debate. Joyce won’t be drawn beyond that on specifics. | Joyce is asked how he wants to make a difference in politics. He proceeds to list the various interests of colleagues, fairer banks, cooperatives, effective irrigation. He says the challenge is to influence this at the cabinet level. For backbenchers, it is influencing the public debate. Joyce won’t be drawn beyond that on specifics. |
| Fiona Nash is asked what portfolio she’d like. She says she’ll do anything the leader requires of her. | Fiona Nash is asked what portfolio she’d like. She says she’ll do anything the leader requires of her. |
| 10.41am GMT | 10.41am GMT |
| 10:41 | 10:41 |
| Joyce is asked how he will divvy up the frontbench positions. He says he’s a collegiate fellow, despite some publicity to the contrary. Joyce says he will take soundings from the new team and from Warren Truss. | Joyce is asked how he will divvy up the frontbench positions. He says he’s a collegiate fellow, despite some publicity to the contrary. Joyce says he will take soundings from the new team and from Warren Truss. |
| 10.39am GMT | 10.39am GMT |
| 10:39 | 10:39 |
| Q: How will you be different from Warren Truss? | Q: How will you be different from Warren Truss? |
| Fiona Nash: | Fiona Nash: |
| That is one of the most obvious differences. I am a girl. | That is one of the most obvious differences. I am a girl. |
| Q: Will there be ongoing division? | Q: Will there be ongoing division? |
| Joyce thanks Michael McCormack for not running tonight and putting the best interests of the Nationals first. | Joyce thanks Michael McCormack for not running tonight and putting the best interests of the Nationals first. |
| We are all in politics and we understand to have the greatest effect, you have to have the greatest purpose of your numbers and to have 21 people working as one gives you better bang for your buck than five different groups of four. | We are all in politics and we understand to have the greatest effect, you have to have the greatest purpose of your numbers and to have 21 people working as one gives you better bang for your buck than five different groups of four. |
| 10.36am GMT | 10.36am GMT |
| 10:36 | 10:36 |
| First question is whether Joyce intends to strike a new coalition agreement with the prime minister. The new deputy prime minister isn’t saying one way or another. He says the coalition agreement might need to be revisited, but nothing dramatic. The election is close, he says. | First question is whether Joyce intends to strike a new coalition agreement with the prime minister. The new deputy prime minister isn’t saying one way or another. He says the coalition agreement might need to be revisited, but nothing dramatic. The election is close, he says. |
| Q: What portfolio will you take? | Q: What portfolio will you take? |
| He doesn’t answer that directly either. Joyce says he needs to consult his colleagues. | He doesn’t answer that directly either. Joyce says he needs to consult his colleagues. |
| Q: Do you want the additional cabinet position? | Q: Do you want the additional cabinet position? |
| (Yes.) | (Yes.) |
| 10.33am GMT | 10.33am GMT |
| 10:33 | 10:33 |
| Joyce says this is the people’s excitement, tonight, the people that Nationals represent. On the farms, people in the weatherboard and iron and the brick and tile. | Joyce says this is the people’s excitement, tonight, the people that Nationals represent. On the farms, people in the weatherboard and iron and the brick and tile. |
| Fiona Nash: | Fiona Nash: |
| I am humbled that my party has chosen to give me the honour of being their deputy leader. It is an exciting time to be a regional Australian. | I am humbled that my party has chosen to give me the honour of being their deputy leader. It is an exciting time to be a regional Australian. |
| We have in this party such a cross-section of people from right across rural and regional areas. We are real people who represent all of those out in rural and regional communities that need us to fight for them. We represent some of the most disadvantaged people across the country and we will never stop fighting for them, making sure that we look after them and that they get their fair share. | We have in this party such a cross-section of people from right across rural and regional areas. We are real people who represent all of those out in rural and regional communities that need us to fight for them. We represent some of the most disadvantaged people across the country and we will never stop fighting for them, making sure that we look after them and that they get their fair share. |
| 10.30am GMT | 10.30am GMT |
| 10:30 | 10:30 |
| Joyce opens his press conference by noting this is an awesome responsibility. | Joyce opens his press conference by noting this is an awesome responsibility. |
| I must say, it is spectacular when you turn on the television and the nation is talking about the leadership of the National party. | I must say, it is spectacular when you turn on the television and the nation is talking about the leadership of the National party. |
| 10.24am GMT | 10.24am GMT |
| 10:24 | 10:24 |
| The latest advice is no Parkinson review tonight. I stress I’m speculating when I say there must be a boil over about Stuart Robert’s future, (because when you are reporting live, there’s not much time to make multiple calls), but I can’t see any other obvious conclusion to reach. | The latest advice is no Parkinson review tonight. I stress I’m speculating when I say there must be a boil over about Stuart Robert’s future, (because when you are reporting live, there’s not much time to make multiple calls), but I can’t see any other obvious conclusion to reach. |
| This report was supposed to be out hours ago. | This report was supposed to be out hours ago. |
| 10.20am GMT | 10.20am GMT |
| 10:20 | 10:20 |
| The new Nationals leadership team is now calling on the prime minister with twenty of their closest camera wielding friends. | The new Nationals leadership team is now calling on the prime minister with twenty of their closest camera wielding friends. |
| Barnaby Joyce, to Turnbull: | Barnaby Joyce, to Turnbull: |
| It is momentous and I am looking forward to showing Australians that they are in safe hands. We will be a great team and looking forward to working with you. | It is momentous and I am looking forward to showing Australians that they are in safe hands. We will be a great team and looking forward to working with you. |
| Turnbull to Joyce and Nash: | Turnbull to Joyce and Nash: |
| I am very pumped up. It is a great result and I think this will be a very formidable team. We haven’t got long to go to the election. Well done to the Nats. All the best. Well done. | I am very pumped up. It is a great result and I think this will be a very formidable team. We haven’t got long to go to the election. Well done to the Nats. All the best. Well done. |
| 10.15am GMT | 10.15am GMT |
| 10:15 | 10:15 |
| The glass eyed muppet donkey never gets old. | The glass eyed muppet donkey never gets old. |
| That feeling when you become Deputy Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/xdb2YEc4Ke | That feeling when you become Deputy Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/xdb2YEc4Ke |
| 10.14am GMT | 10.14am GMT |
| 10:14 | 10:14 |
| From the fellow who thought he might be leader, then thought he might be deputy, and tonight is neither. | From the fellow who thought he might be leader, then thought he might be deputy, and tonight is neither. |
| Congratulations to the new @The_Nationals Leader @Barnaby_Joyce and his deputy @SenatorNash who will both do a great job for regional Aust. | Congratulations to the new @The_Nationals Leader @Barnaby_Joyce and his deputy @SenatorNash who will both do a great job for regional Aust. |
| Politics is challenging. | Politics is challenging. |
| 10.12am GMT | 10.12am GMT |
| 10:12 | 10:12 |
| I love this picture. It’s a timeshift. This was Bridget McKenzie, jogging to tonight’s meeting. | I love this picture. It’s a timeshift. This was Bridget McKenzie, jogging to tonight’s meeting. |
| Press conference coming up soon. | Press conference coming up soon. |
| 10.09am GMT | 10.09am GMT |
| 10:09 | 10:09 |
| If it isn’t obvious, Fiona Nash taking the deputy’s spot means the prime minister will have another woman in the cabinet. | If it isn’t obvious, Fiona Nash taking the deputy’s spot means the prime minister will have another woman in the cabinet. |
| 10.06am GMT | 10.06am GMT |
| 10:06 | 10:06 |
| Returning officer, George Christensen. | Returning officer, George Christensen. |
| The vote was by secret ballot. And in the National party that means we don’t release the tally of votes. The ballot papers have been destroyed. Barnaby and Fiona will formally take office when Warren Truss officially resigns. | The vote was by secret ballot. And in the National party that means we don’t release the tally of votes. The ballot papers have been destroyed. Barnaby and Fiona will formally take office when Warren Truss officially resigns. |
| Barnaby will be the new Deputy PM and we look forward to having Fiona in the Cabinet and I can assure you that both of them will be fierce advocates and fighters for rural and regional Australia. | Barnaby will be the new Deputy PM and we look forward to having Fiona in the Cabinet and I can assure you that both of them will be fierce advocates and fighters for rural and regional Australia. |
| Barnaby and Fiona will be holding a press conference in the National’s party room in about 15 to 20 minutes time. And can I finish by saying if there is one great legacy that Warren Truss has left the National party it is a sense of unity and loyalty and that will continue under this new leadership. | Barnaby and Fiona will be holding a press conference in the National’s party room in about 15 to 20 minutes time. And can I finish by saying if there is one great legacy that Warren Truss has left the National party it is a sense of unity and loyalty and that will continue under this new leadership. |
| We are all very good mates and we will continue to be even though some people missed out tonight. Thank you and I will see you in 15 to 20 minutes time. | We are all very good mates and we will continue to be even though some people missed out tonight. Thank you and I will see you in 15 to 20 minutes time. |