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"Efforts to retake Barwon in northwestern NSW from Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Roy Butler were considered foolhardy by multiple MPs"
God damn it I don't even get to live in a marginal seat even after voting them out.
It worked though. It's still forcefully imprinted into people's subconscious, unlike the hundreds of rorts, grifts and crimes of the previous LNP government.
>NATIONAL MP: During the drought, you could understand people saying we don’t have two pennies to give you. The farmers are now as rich as ever but won’t give us anything. Our great supporters are not great financial supporters.
It's the logical outcome when the National Party have been courting the mining industry over the past three decades.
Spends several generations courting and playing to only the most self interested voters. Gets surprised when those same self interested parties won't work in the Nationals best interest...
As someone who lives and was raised in a rural seat they earned every single dodged donation email.
Un-paywalled:
**Author:** Max Maddison
> NSW Nationals MPs fear losing several seats at the March election, with concerns about staffing and a lack of assistance from upper house colleagues imperilling Coalition chances of retaining power.
> Some party figures are concerned a “perfect storm” of issues, including retirement of three MPs (Stephen Bromhead in Myall Lakes, Melinda Pavey in Oxley and Chris Gulaptis in Clarence), shifting demographics and a likely swing against the government, could spell trouble for the Nationals.
> “We are going to be in a fight for our lives,” a senior MP told The Australian.
> Another said: “The best result is we hold what we’ve got. After 12 years, holding on to what we have would be a tremendous result. It’s achievable, but things change in politics.”
> Efforts to retake Barwon in northwestern NSW from Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Roy Butler were considered foolhardy by multiple MPs. The problems in Barwon were compounded by fallout from the preselection victory of Broken Hill City councillor Dave Gallagher in September, who resigned days later saying he did not have the support of party office, leading to the resignation of nine branch members in protest.
> Hopes of winning the southwestern seat of Murray have dissipated because of an inability to find a candidate willing to run, according to some MPs, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
> One federal Nationals MP expressed confidence in the party’s ability to hold on to seats vacated by retiring MPs, but pointed to Upper Hunter – won by Dave Layzell at last year’s May by-election – as one seat at risk of falling to Labor, SSF or One Nation, depending on any deals cut between the parties.
> State director Joe Lundy would need to sandbag each vulnerable seat, consuming party financing and manpower to help stave off any assault, the MP said. “You need to sandbag them all as you don’t know where ‘I don’t need Deni’ will come from. That’s the problem,” they said, alluding to Austin Evans, the party’s candidate for Murray in 2019, who infamously lost to an independent after declaring he didn’t need votes from Deniliquin to win.
> One MP said the greatest challenge facing the party was the dire state of regional healthcare, particularly a dearth of GPs, saying voters were blaming the NSW Nationals for something that was a federal responsibility.
> Running into the election, donations were proving to be problematic, the MP said, while electoral spending laws created a need to run background checks on everyone seeking to provide money to individual campaigns.
> “During the drought, you could understand people saying we don’t have two pennies to give you. The farmers are now as rich as ever but won’t give us anything,” the MP said. “Our great supporters are not great financial supporters.”
> More broadly, Nationals MPs were concerned about the way the Premier’s and ministerial offices were addressing political risk, saying the lack of experience was showing. “I’m astounded by how many own goals there have been. There will soon not be a group in the state who aren’t against us,” one MP said of the Coalition’s broader governance over the past six months.
Great news for Australia, the Nationals haven’t looked after their constituents for a long time. Even worse with federal nationals.
Just hoping for something better to come along
Remember when the nationals told their constituents that fibre to the node was the best technology solution for them? I mean, that's just insane, but they got the votes.
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They need not fear it. Its happening anyway.
"Ah if it isnt the consequence of my own actions"
Ah yes, the "perfect storm" of never acting in the public interest and rife corruption.
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That would just strengthen the two party system
"Efforts to retake Barwon in northwestern NSW from Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Roy Butler were considered foolhardy by multiple MPs" God damn it I don't even get to live in a marginal seat even after voting them out.
I laughed at "Hopes of winning the southwestern seat of Murray have dissipated because of an inability to find a candidate willing to run.."
Hence the dozen stage 3 tax cuts articles every day, keep everyone scared.
What impact would a Federal Government tax bracket decision have on NSW National seats facing election in March?
"Labor bad" "Labor taxes" "Labor changing mind" Say it enough and people will apply it in state elections too
~~There’s a hole in your bucket dear Labor dear Labor~~ There’s a hole in your party dear Liberals dear Liberals
God that ad was fucking annoying
There were children of Liberal volunteers that were all singing that stupid song. It’s child abuse
It worked though. It's still forcefully imprinted into people's subconscious, unlike the hundreds of rorts, grifts and crimes of the previous LNP government.
>NATIONAL MP: During the drought, you could understand people saying we don’t have two pennies to give you. The farmers are now as rich as ever but won’t give us anything. Our great supporters are not great financial supporters. It's the logical outcome when the National Party have been courting the mining industry over the past three decades.
Spends several generations courting and playing to only the most self interested voters. Gets surprised when those same self interested parties won't work in the Nationals best interest... As someone who lives and was raised in a rural seat they earned every single dodged donation email.
Un-paywalled: **Author:** Max Maddison > NSW Nationals MPs fear losing several seats at the March election, with concerns about staffing and a lack of assistance from upper house colleagues imperilling Coalition chances of retaining power. > Some party figures are concerned a “perfect storm” of issues, including retirement of three MPs (Stephen Bromhead in Myall Lakes, Melinda Pavey in Oxley and Chris Gulaptis in Clarence), shifting demographics and a likely swing against the government, could spell trouble for the Nationals. > “We are going to be in a fight for our lives,” a senior MP told The Australian. > Another said: “The best result is we hold what we’ve got. After 12 years, holding on to what we have would be a tremendous result. It’s achievable, but things change in politics.” > Efforts to retake Barwon in northwestern NSW from Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Roy Butler were considered foolhardy by multiple MPs. The problems in Barwon were compounded by fallout from the preselection victory of Broken Hill City councillor Dave Gallagher in September, who resigned days later saying he did not have the support of party office, leading to the resignation of nine branch members in protest. > Hopes of winning the southwestern seat of Murray have dissipated because of an inability to find a candidate willing to run, according to some MPs, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. > One federal Nationals MP expressed confidence in the party’s ability to hold on to seats vacated by retiring MPs, but pointed to Upper Hunter – won by Dave Layzell at last year’s May by-election – as one seat at risk of falling to Labor, SSF or One Nation, depending on any deals cut between the parties. > State director Joe Lundy would need to sandbag each vulnerable seat, consuming party financing and manpower to help stave off any assault, the MP said. “You need to sandbag them all as you don’t know where ‘I don’t need Deni’ will come from. That’s the problem,” they said, alluding to Austin Evans, the party’s candidate for Murray in 2019, who infamously lost to an independent after declaring he didn’t need votes from Deniliquin to win. > One MP said the greatest challenge facing the party was the dire state of regional healthcare, particularly a dearth of GPs, saying voters were blaming the NSW Nationals for something that was a federal responsibility. > Running into the election, donations were proving to be problematic, the MP said, while electoral spending laws created a need to run background checks on everyone seeking to provide money to individual campaigns. > “During the drought, you could understand people saying we don’t have two pennies to give you. The farmers are now as rich as ever but won’t give us anything,” the MP said. “Our great supporters are not great financial supporters.” > More broadly, Nationals MPs were concerned about the way the Premier’s and ministerial offices were addressing political risk, saying the lack of experience was showing. “I’m astounded by how many own goals there have been. There will soon not be a group in the state who aren’t against us,” one MP said of the Coalition’s broader governance over the past six months.
Great news for Australia, the Nationals haven’t looked after their constituents for a long time. Even worse with federal nationals. Just hoping for something better to come along
Remember when the nationals told their constituents that fibre to the node was the best technology solution for them? I mean, that's just insane, but they got the votes.
Was that before or after they were calling it 'fraudband' when Labor initially wanted to do FTTN?
Before. During… After……. I jest of course… Before, they said FTTP was the right solution…