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WHAT WAS SAID:
"I’ve had shadow portfolios, been leader in the Senate, deputy leader of the party, been a successful minister. That’s what counts."
"Come on guys, I've served my apprenticeship."
Rundle: Barnaby and the Nats stuck between a mine and a hard place
As Barnaby Joyce follows his ambitions, the Nationals are going to have to start paying attention to rural voters, not mining interests — or go the way of the dodo themselves.
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