Barnaby Joyce
Latest news on Barnaby Joyce, an Australian National party politician, from the Guardian
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Labor urges Coalition to ditch plan to lift pension age to 70 but Joyce says policy remainsBarnaby Joyce says zombie budget measure subject to Senate negotiations but Labor wants policy dumped -
Coalition backs down on forced acquisitions of Queensland farmsBarnaby Joyce confirms backflip over Shoalwater Bay military training area expansion, assuring owners ‘property will not be purchased against your wishes’ -
Pauline Hanson says One Nation would introduce mandatory prenuptial agreementsHanson says reform would ‘free up’ court system and promises to axe GST and consider flat 2% tax rate
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2016 Australian politics quiz: there was an election, but what else?Very mediocre or very, very mediocre … what can you remember about some of the less earth-shattering political moments of the year?
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Tony Windsor top of individual political donations list for 2016 electionWindsor, Cathy McGowan and Cory Bernardi in disclosures list released by Australian Electoral Commission
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'Good debt': how the Coalition learned to stop worrying and love the deficitAustralia’s debt has been labelled an ‘emergency’, a ‘disaster’ and even compared to a fatal melanoma. Now Scott Morrison is whistling a different tune
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Windfarm in Barnaby Joyce's NSW electorate gets $120m CEFC loanClean Energy Finance Corporation loan comes three months after minister slammed SA’s over-reliance on wind power
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Barnaby Joyce defends 457 visa program as vital for regional AustraliaDeputy prime minister says foreign workers are essential to fill jobs in regional areas, particularly in unpopular roles such as in abattoirs
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In the country we don’t see 457 visa holders as a threat, we see them as a benefitI believe in decentralisation. It is an active process of expanding the opportunity and social texture of regional cities and towns. Because people attract people
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Greens to target George Brandis over 'misconduct' in final sitting weekParty to refer allegations of sweetheart deal between Brandis and WA government to Senate legal committee on Monday
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At some point rural voters will wonder what’s the point of having the National party in government if something so important is such a train wreckThe backpacker tax is a textbook case of how not to develop policy
Live Barnaby Joyce juggles coal as Labor and Coalition clash over blackouts – question time live