Via The Australian:
Barnaby Joyce has reached out to local branch members in New England amid a push by senior Nationals to force him from the seat, telling them he is still working for their interests and intends to stand for preselection again.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader, Michael McCormack, declined yesterday to endorse Mr Joyce’s candidacy, saying his fate would be decided by preselectors, as it would be for all Nationals MPs.
One preselector told The Australian yesterday that Mr Joyce was “absolutely finished” after his paid Seven Network Channel 7 interview along with Vikki Campion, his partner and former staff member.
The New England branch member said there was a growing sense in the branch that the “sideshow” had to end.
“Enough is enough,” the branch member said. “It’s time for him to go. We want someone who will represent us in Canberra. His neglect of his duties could see the return of the independents to New England.”
Get off the public tit, mate:
- he bonked his staff and knocked her up;
- stayed in the dubiously supplied accommodations of a political donor;
- took a $150k payoff for his bad behaviour, and
- got an extended holiday on $200k as punishment.
I disagreed with the media revealing his private life but his behaviour since has been immoral, corrupt and symptomatic of deep entitlement.
There is nothing more pathetic is this world than pollie who doesn’t recognise that his time is up. To wit, also from The Australian:
Barnaby Joyce’s long-time rival Tony Windsor says the “whole story” about the embattled former deputy prime minister “hasn’t come out yet”, refusing to rule out running against Mr Joyce in his seat of New England.
Mr Windsor, a former member of the National Party who held New England as an independent from 2001 to 2013, said he believed Mr Joyce would ultimately decide not to contest the next election, raising the issue of an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment allegations.
That’s called the last laugh.
