Nationals split as Joyce makes 'captain's call' to dump colleagues

By James Massola
Updated December 25 2017 - 9:43am, first published December 20 2017 - 12:54am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and candidate for New England Barnaby Joyce at a polling booth at the McCarthy Catholic College in Tamworth during the New England by-election on Saturday 2 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and candidate for New England Barnaby Joyce at a polling booth at the McCarthy Catholic College in Tamworth during the New England by-election on Saturday 2 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Nationals infighting is threatening to derail Malcolm Turnbull's cabinet refresh, after Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce made a "captain's call" decision to dump his Nationals colleagues Darren Chester and Keith Pitt.

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