The Nationals have good election prospects
- Written by Geoff Cockfield, Honorary Professor in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Southern Queensland
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While the Liberal and Labor parties each face several nail-biting contests, the Nationals have fewer immediate concerns in this federal election.
The party has good prospects of retaining most, if not all of their House of Representative seats and gaining an additional senator. Half of their 16 lower house seats have margins of...