Malcolm Turnbull said the ban on sexual relationships would apply even if the minister was single.
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Malcolm Turnbull has announced that sexual relations between ministers and their staff will be prohibited.
Barnaby Joyce will be on leave for a week from Monday.
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On Wednesday Barnaby Joyce shored up support within the Nationals to continue as leader, but on Thursday he was seriously on the back foot.
Barnaby Joyce is said to be very aware of the hurt in the party and that he has to work to mend the political damage he has caused.
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Some Liberals have been unhappy at the prospect of Barnaby Joyce being acting prime minister when Malcolm Turnbull visits the US.
Barnaby Joyce on Tuesday morning issued multiple apologies.
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Barnaby Joyce’s greatest protection in the short term remains the absence of a strong alternative.
Barnaby Joyce has denied he breached ministerial standards with the employment of his partner, Vikki Campion.
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The appointment of ministerial advisers is based on a party-political network of patronage, where the primary consideration is loyalty to the political party – not merit.
Barry O'Sullivan’s strong defence came as Malcolm Turnbull was forced in parliament to express his confidence in Barnaby Joyce.
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Barry O'Sullivan has declared that Barnaby Joyce remains a big asset to the Nationals despite the sharp grassroots reaction to his affair with his former staffer.
Malcolm Turnbull last week tried to keep away from the Barnaby Joyce matter by saying it was private.
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Labor is eyeing possible openings to exploit in the liaison between Barnaby Joyce and his former staffer Vikki Campion.
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Nicholas Klomp and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
The Joyce affair comes against a background of the public hating politicians and deeply distrusting the media.
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There’s one very significant difference between the Joyce-Campion and Cairns-Morosi affairs.
Malcolm Turnbull pressed Attorney-General George Brandis to take the London high commissioner job.
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There is not a great deal to be said for Malcolm Turnbull’s reshuffle, and quite a lot to be said against it.
Malcolm Turnbull said he regretted having to drop Darren Chester from his frontbench line-up.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s reshuffled cabinet has five new faces, but one of the Nationals’ best performers has been unceremoniously dumped by his party leader.
Bridget McKenzie beat several other candidates in the race for the Nationals’ deputy leadership.
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This is the second consecutive time the Nationals have chosen a female senator as deputy leader.
Barnaby Joyce’s big win in the New England byelection had little to do with recent political developments.
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Unlike Tony Windsor in 2016, none of Barnaby Joyce’s New England byelection opponents had the resources to run a strong campaign.
The government goes into the parliamentary week heartened by Barnaby Joyce’s landslide win in Saturday’s New England byelection.
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While the government improved compared with the previous poll, this is the 24th consecutive Newspoll the Coalition has lost in two-party terms.
Barnaby Joyce received a significant swing in the New England byelection.
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Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has been returned to parliament with a big swing toward him in his New South Wales seat of New England.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Mark Evans about the week in Australian politics.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Can decisions made by former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce while he was invalidly in parliament be challenged?
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Laws passed by MPs while under a citizenship cloud are unlikely to be contested; decisions made by ministers after doubts about their dual citizenship was announced are more complicated matters.
Barnaby Joyce pointed out sharply that the government’s survival in 2016 had been due to the Nationals’ good performance.
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A northern New South Wales bookmaker has got it about right on the New England byelection. “Barnaby will be a shorter price than Winx,” he told a National. “And the only one who could beat Barnaby is Winx…
George Brandis said the government was looking very carefully at the question of the validity of the former ministers’ decisions.
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The opposition says at least 20 executive decisions and 47 ministerial announcements made by Barnaby Joyce could be open to challenge.