McCormack has tough task to match Barnaby Joyce's 2016 electoral gold standard
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
One man’s disaster is another man’s serendipity. If Barnaby Joyce hadn’t fallen spectacularly, Michael McCormack, 53, the new deputy prime minister, would likely never have become the Nationals’ leader.
In the normal course of events, by the time Joyce had moved on the party probably would have been ready for generational...
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