And while Barrow as party leader was able to protect Trapp from internal undermining, reports say he still faces his own internal difficulties with Patrick Faber - who has come back into the fold but doesn't look to be falling in behind his leader.

We say that based on what we saw in the House of Representatives 12 days ago - when Faber distances himself from a glancing reference Barrow made to the Prime Minister's deceased father:

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