Former Nationals leader says he was ‘very popular’ in inner city and that mixed messages on net zero emissions ‘didn’t help’
Michael McCormack has suggested that Barnaby Joyce’s unpopularity in the inner city contributed to the Coalition government’s downfall in climate-conscious electorates., told Guardian Australia there were “no campaigns against my name and my reputation in inner-city seats” – a clear reference to warnings from independents and Greens that a vote for Liberal moderates was a “vote for Barnaby Joyce”.
On Sunday, Simon Birmingham, the senior Liberal moderate, said that he hoped the two parties “can continue to work together”.need to look at where the Liberal party has felt this pain and reflect upon how it is that we, together, can manage to form majority government in the future and what will be necessary for us to do so,” he told ABC’s Insiders.
“They believed in me and what I offered as the leader of the regional party. I’ll let others decide whether that had an influence over the result.” McCormack said he “wasn’t getting ahead of himself” and wouldn’t rule in or out a future tilt at the Nationals leadership.
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