Nationals leader David Littleproud said Andrew Gee’s “bizarre” decision to leave the party goes deeper than its opposition to the Voice to Parliament.
Mr Gee joined the crossbench and cited the party’s hardline stance as the major reason.
“I grew up handing out how-to-votes for the National Party, and I have given it some of the best years of my working life,” he said at the time. “I don’t think Andrew Gee quitting was laid barely at the feet of the Voice,” he told Sky News Australia.Mr Littleproud said the now-independent member for the New South Wales seat of Calare had “many issues” with the Nationals that could not be reconciled.
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