Nationals upset over Liberal-One Nation deal in WA

The National Party has joined Labor in criticising a preference deal between the Liberals and One Nation in Western Australia. West Australian Liberals have brokered the deal with One Nation in a bid to win re-election at next month's (March) state election. Liberal how-to-vote cards will preference Senator Pauline Hanson's group above the Nationals, traditional Coalition allies, in regional upper-house electorates. The Nationals and Labor call it a desperate move over poor polling, but senior Liberal MPs are defending it and suggesting the Liberal National Party might try the same in Queensland.

Barnaby Joyce ... not happy with arrangement Source: AAP