From ABC Online's The Drum Unleashed. Speaking engagements always require the courteous response to the poor soul who has read the long-outdated bio ...

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Peter Spencer is on the 26th day of his hunger strike and when I climbed the Tower of Hope at Saarahnlee in southern NSW where he has been perched I s...

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In February I wrote on this blog: "Welcome to my new website and as I come out of my technological cave to stare down the 21st century I hope that th...

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  The incumbrance on private property brought about by Labor’s Native Vegetation Laws has led to the pain that is so evident in the life of Pete...

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Senator Joyce acknowledges that it is day 24 of NSW farmer Peter Spencer’s hunger strike. Driven to despair, Mr Spencer has chained himself 10 metres...

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Life changed for the media this week with the announcement by Tony Abbott of the new Opposition front bench. As I have discovered, what I said as the ...

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By David Penberthy, The Punch, 12 December 2009 Dylan fans will be familiar with the stream of consciousness liner notes on the back sleeve of Highwa...

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My appointment as Shadow Finance Minister by Tony Abbott gives The Nationals the type of influence they have not had since the time of Artie Fadden in...

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I must admit that after the appointment to Shadow Finance Minister my comic relief came from Treasurer Swan’s media release stating that I must follow...

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The ABC's new website The Drum: Unleashed has invited me to contribute. This is my first piece. You can comment here or add to the conversation there....

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Senator Barnaby Joyce, the Leader of the Nationals in the Senate spoke to Barrie Cassidy on Insiders on ABC1 about the by-elections in Bradfield and H...

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Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce talks to Barrie Cassidy to discuss the by-elections in Bradfield and Higgins and the possibility of sitting on t...

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If a week is a long time in politics the events of Tuesday and Wednesday outdid even that adage. A new Opposition leader and the defeat of the Carbon ...

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Finally, the CPRS bill has been defeated in the Senate, with the coalition voting against the introduction of a massive new tax on the Australian peop...

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Barnaby Joyce discusses Coalition's climate stance Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 02/12/2009 Reporter: Tony Jones Barnaby Jo...

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Senator JOYCE (Queensland—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (10.33 am)—Let us just deal with the minister’s misrepresentations on behalf of her p...

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Senator JOYCE (Queensland—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (10.33 am)—Let us just deal with the minister’s misrepresentations on behalf of her p...

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Senator JOYCE (Queensland—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (10.04 am)—Once more we go to the premise of the effect on the Australian working fam...

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Senator JOYCE (Queensland—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (10.04 am)—Once more we go to the premise of the effect on the Australian working fam...

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