Barnaby Joyce has been re-elected as the new Deputy Prime Minister of Australia after he defeated National leader Michael McCormack in a leadership spill on Monday. The spill, which was initiated by Queensland Senator Matt Canavan, returned Joyce as leader of the minor party of Australia’s governing coalition after he won the majority of the vote…

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is set to make a political comeback as a NSW state senator after retiring from politics 14 years ago. But while he does not intend to return to the National Party’s leadership, Anderson has said he wants to lead in a cultural change within the state politics, noting that…

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Doug Anthony has died, aged 90. He died peacefully in the Heritage Lodge aged-care home in Murwillumbah, northeast New South Wales, on Sunday morning his family said in a statement. Anthony was leader of the Country Party/National Party for 12 years and deputy prime minister for nearly 10,…