LNP Senator Matt Canavan stood down from his position as resources minister this evening while issues over his citizenship are resolved.
If he’s gone for good, he’ll be missed.
Canavan, a former Productivity Commission economist who bought Barnaby Joyce in from the fringes of the Nationals to the party leadership while on his staff, was one of the few ministers prepared to take the fight right up to his opponents.
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