Nationals have long valued stable leadership and being strong Coalition partners – this shouldn't change now
- Written by Geoff Cockfield, Professor of Government and Economics, and Deputy Dean, University of Southern Queensland

The National Party turned 100 on January 22, but celebrations were overshadowed by leadership turbulence, with Barnaby Joyce challenging Michael McCormack for the leadership.
The failed move to restore Joyce as leader of the party was driven, according to Joyce and some supporters, by the “need” to have a determined and...