It was quite the week for party leadership changes.
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Here in North West Queensland Bob Katter handed the Katter's Australian Party reins to son Robbie, while the Greens passed their torch from Richard Di Natale to Adam Bandt.
Then there was the leadership change that didn't change - that of the federal National Party.
On Tuesday Nats leader Michael McCormack emerged unscathed from a leadership spill contest with Barnaby Joyce.
The contest began after deputy leader Bridget McKenzie finally fell on her sword after the sports rorts affair and that cascaded into a ballot for the top job, and the position of deputy prime minister.
Mr McCormack has mostly failed to impress as party leader and a high-ranking minister but Barnaby Joyce was surely a back-to-the-future choice that would ended badly.
Mr Joyce has become increasing more erratic since his fall from power in October 2017 and it's hard to see how he could have been an effective advocate for the bush when his own problems were likely to dominate the news.
Resources Minister Matt Canavan - who I first knew as Mr Joyce's chief of staff during the latter's days as a Queensland senator based in St George - loyally quit his high-ranking post to back Barnaby.
Senator Canavan remains out of the ministry - and I although I disagree with him strongly on coal - that is a sad loss for someone who is proven performer.
Darren Chester has returned to cabinet, with the Victorian's portfolios of veterans' affairs and defence personnel given higher status while Queensland Keith Pitt has jumped from the back bench to cabinet as the new resources, water and northern Australia minister.
Member for Maranoa David Littleproud is another winner from the merry-go-round.
He remains drought and emergency management minister, has relinquished responsibilities for water but has picked up his old portfolio of agriculture.
Bob Katter expressed his dissatisfaction with Mr Littleproud's return in typically colourful fashion saying it was like putting Sylvester the Cat in charge of the canary cage.
"Our farmers are in deep trouble with drought, so what's his solution? Get rid of the farmers," Mr Katter said.
This is likely an exaggeration but Mr Littleproud will come under big scrutiny to find a way forward for an industry troubled on many fronts.