View from The Hill: Michael McCormack's battle to hold off a second shot from Joyce's locker
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Scott Morrison dodged a bullet when the Nationals clung on to Michael McCormack. There was palpable relief when the news came through to the Liberals. “We still have a Coalition,” one MP was heard to say during the Liberal party meeting.
But it had been the Prime Minister who created the circumstances for Barnaby Joyce to get his gun...