It is assumed that Abbott meant Joyce could ‘sell’ a policy to the electorate. Elected to the House of Representatives for New England, New South Wales, 2013. Serious calls for resignation – serious ones – always end with the resignation of the politician involved. This may account for her stress leave – a media officer, it seems to me, needs both to be able to do her job – but the suggestion was the stress leave was to hide her growing belly. Electorate profile. He started losing support, with the Western Australian National Party rejecting him as leader. B Joyce (resigned). Until then, he remains dissolute, desolate and disgraced on the backbench. He became the Leader of the National Party, and therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister when the previous leader, Warren Truss, retired in early 2016. Deputy Prime Minister from 6.12.2017 to 26.2.2018. I should add the ‘prominent Western Australian woman’ asked for anonymity – I am respecting that request, even if her name was leaked – and this revelation damaged Joyce even further. He boarded there, which adds a substantial amount to these fees. House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources from 1.3.2018 (Chair from 1.3.2018); Employment, Education and Training from 4.7.2019. Barnaby Joyce says he has learned from his past mistakes and is the best person to lead the National party to the next election. Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Water from 14.9.2010 to 18.9.2013. PM's office says Vikki Campion jobs did not breach rules because she was not Barnaby Joyce's 'partner' By James Massola & Adam Gartrell February 12, 2018 — 12.27pm All rights reserved. Electors enrolled: 111,893 (at 12.6.2019). While saying he was not a “perfect, cardboard cutout” without flaws, Joyce said that he had spent the past two years reflecting on how he could “do the job better” after he quit his position following revelations he was expecting a baby with his former staffer, Vikki Campion. Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources from 6.12.2017 to 20.12.2017. Naturally, Joyce, like most boosters, pushed unsustainable plans to rural Australia. If he had been lucky enough to sit in an early Howard cabinet, or an early Hawke cabinet, Joyce would have been seen as the worst minister, if indeed, he had made the ministry at all. The Joyce household was comfortable, if not wealthy – Barnaby and his brothers were able to attend St Ignatius’s College at Riverview – an elite Catholic school on Sydney’s North Shore, whose fees currently reach almost $27,000 per year. Joyce continued to face calls to resign from his own party, but it was an allegation brought to the National Party claiming Joyce had sexually harassed a prominent Western Australian woman that sealed his fate. The week did not improve. Re-elected 2016. Speaking of ‘greenies’, Joyce seems to not understand a vital part of any democratic system is vigourous discussion, and sometimes vehement disagreement. What did he achieve? Enter your email address to receive the free e-book copy of Negativeland, and receive weekly updates from New Politics. He accepted, then apparently rejected, a $40,000 prize for ‘Farmer of the Year’ awarded by Gina Rinehart. from 1995. This was despite rumours swirling about inappropriate behavior as Minister, a marriage breakdown, an out of wedlock pregnancy and deeper whispers about misuse of Parliamentary privileges. Rather than kill the story, he kept it alive, and prompted more investigation into his professional conduct. Tenterfield, NSW, 2372, PO Box 6022 A mooted role as acting Prime Minister was taken from him – Senator Mathias Cormann from the Liberal Party filled the role while Joyce went on an enforced holiday.