Barnaby Joyce has been elected the new Nationals
leader after Warren Truss bows out. He will be our
new Deputy Prime Minister.

What are your thoughts on this?

Personally, I feel that it will be good for the
country to have someone with such a strong
personality. And I'm sure
that both Mr Turnbull and Mr Joyce will work well
together. It's also about time that the rural
sector got some stronger representation in Parliament.
With Mr Joyce I'm sure they will.

Your thoughts please?

Does he have a $40K Rolex? If he hasn't then he sure is in a good position now to get his hands on one.

Hi Foxy, yes I am pleased Barnaby is the leader, as I am sure he will do what is right for the rural voters at least. I am a National Party voter because I live in the country and we have been recipients of the Royalty for Regions funding, and I hope this continues.

Sometimes it feels like the country voters are poor second cousins with politicians, because there aren't enough of us to really make a difference, but the National Party appears to try harder than others to give us a fair go.

Barnaby Joyce will hopefully continue this tradition, but I also hope he is careful with what he says because sometimes he has put his foot in it before!

Dear Suseonline,

I think you people in the country areas are not going to have anything at all in the not too distant future. Have a look on the link below (about halfway down the page of this article I ran across) and - if we take Sydney as an early indicator of where Australia's political power will be determined - you will soon recognise that the Coalition does not have much of a hope of shoring up the Coalition for much longer.

The percentages have obviously increased over the five years that the map was produced. My guesstimate is by about 25%, which means that the range should be read as 3.5% to 65.6%. Personally I think Hurstville is really more like 85-90%.

I would be very interested in hearing how you think the changing demographic of Sydney (and the other capitals) will affect the future position of the Coalition.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hurstville-sydneys-real-chinatown-20150218-13ia0l.html

PS You can click on each coloured section for some data on that section.

Dear Suse,

I have relatives who are stud farmers in the country.
My eldest son has a bull named after him. And they
have faith in Barnaby, So that's good enough for me.

I know Barnaby sometimes puts his foot in it - but
who cares. His heart's in the right place and I'm sure
that he won't sell this country out to foreign
investors.

Dear Mr Opinion,

I hope that my family proves to be right about Barnaby
Joyce. As long as he's able I'm sure he's not going to
sell us out.