The Liberal-National coalition won six new seats in the senate in last October, but it was only in early August that the new members were sworn in. Howard believed that now onwards it would be smooth sailing for his government. But Barnaby Joyce, a newly elected Senate member from the National Party had other ideas. No sooner had he been sworn in that he announced his decision to oppose the sale of government stakes in Telstra, unless the government set aside funds for better telecommunication and internet networks in rural Australia. Howard and other senior liberals have insisted that the first loyalty of all coalition MPs was towards the joint party, meaning thereby that they should get behind the government’s Telstra sale decision. Joyce has, however, countered that MPs had an allegiance towards their constituents as well, whose interests must be safeguarded. The National Party MP has been backed by his party chief as well...
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