‘More Australian babies!’ where will Matt Canavan take the Nationals now? – podcast

The National party in Australia has a new federal leader as senator Matt Canavan emerged as the winner of a tight party-room ballot on Wednesday. The change at the top of the Coalition partner comes after David Littleproud announced his shock resignation from the leadership on Tuesday. Senior political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Nour Haydar about how the Queensland rightwinger won the vote and whether this now means he will pull the Nationals, and the Coalition, further to the right