PM calls for Barnaby Joyce to be sacked over 'bullet' comment

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PM calls for Barnaby Joyce to be sacked over 'bullet' comment
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The Nationals MP attended an anti-renewables rally yesterday where he compared ballot papers to bullets and urged attendees to "load that magazine".

The Nationals MP attended an anti-renewables rally yesterday where he compared ballot papers to bullets and urged attendees to "load that magazine" against the Prime Minister and energy minister, Chris Bowen, at the polling booth. 

Anthony Albanese has called for Barnaby Joyce to be sacked over comments he made likening ballot papers to "bullets". "This is the sort of language which has no place in any part of Australian society, let alone in public life. The former deputy prime minister apologised today for using the metaphor in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

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