John McVeigh and David Littleproud are fresh faces in the new Turnbull ministry

By Michael Koziol and Tara Hayes
Updated December 21 2017 - 3:37pm, first published 10:23am
Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government Dr John McVeigh during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Turnbull ministry by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove at Government House in Canberra on Wednesday 20 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government Dr John McVeigh during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Turnbull ministry by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove at Government House in Canberra on Wednesday 20 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Every Thursday morning when Parliament sits in Canberra, a group of Liberal MPs from regional and rural seats gather to talk shop. The meetings have been happening on and off since the early 1990s. In the past six months, Malcolm Turnbull started coming too.

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