Former head of NSW Young Nationals quits party after 'despicable' koala policy saga

Exclusive: Jess Price-Purnell the latest National member to resign after John Barilaro threatened to blow up Coalition over wildlife protection

The former head of the New South Wales Young Nationals and chair of its women's council has resigned from the party joining a growing list of high-profile members to quit in the wake of the koala policy saga.

Jess Price-Purnell, an almost decade-long member of the Nationals, has left, describing the threat by John Barilaro to blow up the Coalition government over the koala policy saga despicable".