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Deputy PM Michael McCormack on the drought and restive Nationals
While the drought continues to hit the Nationals’ constituents hard, the party faces a testing terrain on a political level.
In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack acknowledges the mishandling of the bring-forward of the dairy code, which will increase the negotiating power of milk producers.
Tensions blew up in the Nationals party room this week after Pauline Hanson managed last week to win an acceleration of the code. The deal was all about the government wanting Hanson’s Senate co-operation. But agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie had…
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