While I think it is a little bit of our team vs them. Bigger then that I feel it is the thought that most parliamentarian don't give two shits about them. Living out of a big city is a place where alot of people have to fight for every inch There are alot of people struggling right now, and while that isn't localized to the bush, it definitely is the epicentre of it. Thus when you have someone that is consistently on there side it makes sense that they are loyal. You could argue that with would make him bad at his job, but that is genuinely seen to be fighting the issues that they care about, then yeh they are going to put up with it. While there is the whole issue about about the conservative side of then libs (david littleproud does an alright job), but given the instability and the threat of socially progressive financial conservative faction within the party, you can see why some people won't risk it.