Give Barnaby the arse

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Dude’s lost it:

Barnaby Joyce has defended selling the story of his new family in a tell-all interview, saying it was his partner who decided to pocket the six-figure payment.

The former deputy prime minster, who was granted extended leave on Tuesday, said he and staffer-turned-partner Vikki Campion wanted privacy after the birth of their son last month.

Mr Joyce was granted leave until the end of June, but will not be expected back at parliament until August, after the Winter break.

So, now he has:

  • bonked his staff and knocked her up;
  • stayed in the dubiously supplied accommodations of a political donor;
  • re-appeared briefly to trash Australia’s energy debate;
  • taken a $150k payoff for his bad behaviour, and
  • gotten an extended holiday on $200k as punishment.

I disagreed with the media revealing his private life but his behaviour since has been immoral and corrupt.

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Aside from anything else, I humbly suggest Labor stick his horrible head on every one of their posters.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
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