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Obituaries premature

Monday, 30 June 2008 - One thing the Gippsland by election result proves is that the obituaries for the National Party after the last federal election were premature. The Nationals vote on Saturday was solid and taking the Coalition as a team, there does not seem to have been any major problem caused by the Liberals standing as well. The combined primary vote for the Nationals plus Liberals of 60.5 per cent is the highest since the election of 1996.

Description	Date
Division in The Nationals	30 May 2006
Self Interested State Politicians	29 May 2006
The Case for a Nationals Revival	4 Feb 2006
National Party Vote Slide Serious But Not Terminal	28 Jan 2006