Barnaby Joyce has announced his resignation as Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Nationals Leader today after a turbulent few weeks involving his private life. The resignation comes after the discovery that Mr Joyce had been involved in an affair with his former staffer, Vikki Campion, who is now pregnant with his child. Mr Joyce said…
Senior Federal government ministers have criticised former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s call to cut Australia’s migration intake, rubbishing Mr Abbott’s claims of negative social and economic impact to the country. Treasurer Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton warned Mr Abbott’s plan to lower the permanent migration cap of 190,000 to 110,000 would damage…
The saga over Barnaby Joyce’s private life is “not a real story” and a distraction for the Federal Government, a politics expert claims. Murdoch University politics and policy lecturer Ian Cook said it was just a way for news publications to generate content because “people like these stories about people’s private lives” and would not…
Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull has banned sexual relations in parliament, after Barnaby Joyce made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a woman working in his office. Mr Joyce has been criticised for humiliating the Liberal party. A change in the ministerial standards would ensure incidents like this will not be tolerated.…