Coalition’s bush balance critical to avoiding derailment

Colin Bettles
Updated June 11 2017 - 9:47am, first published 5:00am
Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash leading the charge for the Nationals - but are they forgetting about rural Liberals?
Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash leading the charge for the Nationals - but are they forgetting about rural Liberals?

AFTER the federal budget, most regional Australians would have seen Barnaby Joyce, Fiona Nash and other Nationals out blazing a trail in farming and rural settings, facing the media and beaming with pride like they’d just won the Grand Prix or taxpayer lottery, spruiking funding victories for the $8.4 billion inland rail and other country projects, big and small.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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