Barnaby Joyce water proposal backed by former lobbyist preselected by Nationals

Perin Davey, who won No 1 spot on NSW Nationals’ Senate ticket, says there should be a ‘commonsense approach’

A former water industry lobbyist preselected by the New South Wales National party to lead its Senate ticket in the next federal election has suggested examining Barnaby Joyce’s proposal to release more water for irrigators.

Once a lobbyist for Murray Irrigation, Perin Davey won the No 1 spot on the NSW National party’s Senate ticket earlier this month, after the longtime Nationals senator and bank campaigner John “Wacka” Williams retired and the former Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash resigned over her dual citizenship.

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