There’s a fine line between being out and about and canvassing. Just being visible is all that’s needed at this stage of a bid. And Joyce doesn’t hide his ambitions for a return.
The Nationals have been unable to make a finding on a sexual harassment allegation against Barnaby Joyce.
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The National Party has been unable to reach a verdict on a complaint by Catherine Marriott that Joyce sexually harassed her,
Tony Abbott is now the prime minister’s Special Envoy for Indigenous Affairs, while Barnaby Joyce is Special Envoy for Drought Assistance and Recovery.
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While there is no evidence that Abbott and Joyce have accepted a salary for their special envoy roles, an offer of payment, if there was one, could cause them problems.
The National Energy Guarantee has been a focus of federal politics this week.
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Grattan talks with Deep Saini about Husar’s announcement she will not contest the next election, Joyce’s book, and the hotly debated National Energy Guarantee.
Shorten repeated on Thursday: “I had no knowledge of these complaints.”
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Turnbull is weaving the extraordinary saga of this first term MP into the government’s familiar narrative about Shorten - that he doesn’t tell the truth and his workers-friend credentials are phoney.
Joyce is out on the author’s circuit for his just-released book Weatherboard and Iron.
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Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce at his provocative best
Barnaby Joyce has confirmed he could cross the floor on the federal legislation associated with the National Energy Guarantee. “Of course I could,” he says.
The audit was started amid the public controversy over the affair between Joyce and Campion.
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As the Joyce saga continued to suck political oxygen in the wake of Sunday’s TV interview with Joyce and partner Vikki Campion, he rejected speculation that he might not contest his New England seat.
In the pre-recorded interview aired on Sunday night Joyce and Campion sometimes disagreed and she was often emotional.
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The Seven Network paid a reported $150,000 for the interview which Joyce and Campion are putting into a trust fund for Sebastian, who was born in April.
It has not been a happy week for One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.
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It’s been another colourful week in federal politics, highlighted by Greg Hunt’s swearing, the Barnaby Joyce saga taking yet another turn, and One Nation falling apart at the seams.
Greg Hunt’s temperament is of the “street-angel, house-devil” type.
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In democratic political systems, public officials are accountable through the media to the people. That responsibility to be accountable comes with public office. It is not a marketable commodity.
Michael McCormack on Barnaby’s future, latte sippers and other matters
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In this interview Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack pointedly avoids saying Joyce should run again in his New England seat at the election.
Joyce looked visibly under strain during the day and sources said he was not in a good head space.
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Joyce sought leave from the Nationals whip, Michelle Landry, and he has been granted a parliamentary pair by Labor – which means the numbers in the House of Representatives will not be affected.
Joyce said that as an accountant, he understood the issues with audit process.
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Malcolm Turnbull handled the Barnaby Joyce affair badly and his ban on ministers having sex with members of their staff is risible, according to ‘soft voters’ in focus groups.
There are many reasons people have affairs.
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An affair is generally a sign things aren’t right with someone’s relationship. It occurs when one person sees an alternative relationship as a better way to meet their needs than their existing one.