Senator Matt Canavan has replaced David Littleproud as the National Party leader, vowing he will “fight for the Australian people” while calling for a “hyper Australia” with “more Australian babies.”
Canavan won the leadership ballot in a 45-minute meeting of the National members on Wednesday after Littleproud resigned from the top job on Tuesday, saying he was too “buggered” to stay in the role.
During his leadership announcement, Canavan criticised the government for “looking for a claim overseas before delivering solutions on the ground,” adding “everything we need to make Australia the country it was in the past is here in our nation”.
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