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The Dignity Party has been deregistered by the state Electoral Commission less than two years after losing its sole seat in state parliament, while the Nationals are in a race against time to provide evidence of their membership base or face the same fate.
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Federal government MP Andrew Broad will not contest the next election after it was revealed he travelled to Hong Kong to meet with a younger woman he met online.
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National Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack claims he has the “absolute” support of the Nationals partyroom, but also concedes “one or two” colleagues are actively working to bring him down.
The National Party is pushing to make major inroads into South Australia as it seeks to run candidates in the state’s four regional seats for the first time this century – including targeting a pair of Liberal-held seats.
UPDATED | Veterans Affairs Minister Michael McCormack has been elected the new federal Nationals leader, seeing out a last-minute challenge from Queenslander George Christensen.
UPDATED | Barnaby Joyce will step down as National Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister.
