Barnaby Joyce warns Nationals as political donations wither to a 'dangerous' low

Analysis of 2019-20 financial returns shows Nationals banked just five large donations over the period

Barnaby Joyce says there is a dangerous" downward trend in the Nationals' political donations, warning his colleagues you're not going to be able to run a political party on lamington drives".

The former Nationals leader made the comments in response to a Guardian Australia analysis of the 2019-20 financial returns, showing across its state and federal branches the junior Coalition partner banked just five large donations.