Barnaby Joyce has laid claim to being the “elected deputy prime minister of Australia” in an extraordinary interview auspol
Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has laid claim to being the “elected deputy prime minister of Australia” and declared he would have no guilt in seeking a return to the leadership if a spill was called.
“If there was a spill and the position’s vacant, I am the elected deputy prime minister of Australia, so I’d have no guilt at all in standing, but I don’t see that happening.”Advertisement Mr Joyce used the Radio National interview to criticise the “gotcha” questions about the Nationals’ leadership but also suggested he had a right to the position.
“No, it doesn’t, because the entitlement comes from the Australian people at the last election, and it’s not so much an entitlement, it’s a responsibility, a reflection and a respect of their views,” he said.
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