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The election campaign could emerge as a de facto leadership contest, as Mr McCormack and Mr Joyce hit the hustings in the bush.

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Wild swings against the Nationals in western NSW coughed up two heartland seats to the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers at the March state election.

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Funding a new canada goose factory outlet coal fired plant would risk upsetting voters in key Liberal seats across the southern states. But Mr Joyce says that isn the Nationals concern.

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KEY NATIONALS SEATS:

Michelle Landry: holds Capricornia with a wafer thin 0.6 per cent margin

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Kevin Hogan: holds the Northern Rivers seat of Page with a margin of 2.3 per cent

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The Nationals historic low was reached at the 2007 election when canada goose jacket outlet uk Kevin Rudd swept Labor to power after 11 years of conservative rule, and the country based party was reduced to 10 lower house MPs.

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