Leader expresses frustration over colleagues’ lack of discretion as sources say Barnaby Joyce has the numbers to purchase overThe leader of the Nationals,Warren Truss, has privately told his colleagues he will make an announcement about his future in mid-March, or with his expected retirement paving the way for Malcolm Turnbull to reshuffle his frontbench.
Truss chastised his Nationals MPs and senators at the closed-door assembly on Monday afternoon,saying he was disappointed and frustrated that the Nationals had been talking about themselves over the summer with a series of speculative stories about his resignation and possible successors.
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Source: theguardian.com