Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 4-Dec-15

Australia’s former industry minister Ian Macfarlane has resigned from the Liberal Party and joined its Coalition partner, the National Party. Scott Buchholz is also considering a switch to the National Party, which will now press the Liberal Party for an additional minister and an increased role in the federal government. Macfarlane says he is keen to take on a ministerial portfolio again but stresses that any appointments must be based on merit. He lost the industry portfolio in a ministerial reshuffle under new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, QUEENSLAND GRAINGROWERS’ ASSOCIATION