.keithjpitt on the Nationals Party leadership: M_McCormackMP is our leader 'and there will be no change.' MORE: newsday
FULL INTERVIEW: Nationals backbencher Keith Pitt says party leader Michael McCormack has the support of the party room amid leadership tensions within the party. Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce says he’d feel ‘no guilt’ about taking over his party’s leadership if it became vacated.
During an interview with the ABC, Mr Joyce said he is the ‘elected deputy prime minister of Australia’ and is keen to put his hand up for the role again if there was a spill. Mr Joyce resigned last year amid a slew of scandals centring around his personal life. Mr Pitt told Sky News despite Mr Joyce’s comments ‘there will be no change’ of Nationals leadership in the near future.
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