Barnaby Joyce, Coalition MP for New England

[Bomberboyokay]

We now expect that Warren Truss will tell parliament at lunchtime that he has brought forward his departure – that he will depart the frontbench effective from the time the prime minister executes the anticipated reshuffle.

• The Nationals are expecting the reshuffle over the course of this weekend.
• Given that expectation, the Nationals party room will meet at 8pm to decide who will succeed Truss as leader.
• Joyce is considered the frontrunner.

http://www.theguardian.com/australi...-to-reveal-his-retirement-plans-politics-live

Barnaby Joyce (Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Member for New England) is the frontrunner.

Which I think it is a pretty sad reflection on the National Party.

There are 21 in the Nationals party room including 8 elected under the Liberal National banner in QLD and 1 Country Liberal from the NT.

 

[Maggie5]

Barnaby Joyce (Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Member for New England) is the frontrunner.

Which I think it is a pretty sad reflection on the National Party.

Voting tonight, what a non-entity they are yet one of them will hold the position of Deputy PM. A joke!

 

[Lach72]

I'm giddy with excitement

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Voting tonight, what a non-entity they are yet one of them will hold the position of Deputy PM. A joke!

On its own Deputy Prime Minister is a bit of a nothing role unless the Prime Minister is out of the country. They've always had a second portfolio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deput...a#List_of_Deputy_Prime_Ministers_of_Australia

 

[Bomberboyokay]

10+ years ago John Howard and whoever the Nationals leader was were both out of the country so Peter Costello was Acting Prime Minister for a day or two leading to Hur hur he's finally Prime Minister media jokes.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

ABC says Joyce will win unopposed.

 

[rodney hoo]

ABC says Joyce will win unopposed.

Our poor country will have no joy though. At least he could get johnyy Depps dogs out of the country. I feel for the poor farmers having this bloke sell off every thing.

 

[Maggie5]

Is Windsor still going to challenge for New England? Barnaby's seat?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Barnaby Joyce elected unopposed, Fiona Nash elected deputy leader.

 

[Maggie5]

Barnaby Joyce elected unopposed, Fiona Nash elected deputy leader.

Nash is a surprise, was she unopposed too?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Nash is a surprise, was she unopposed too?

7 candidates if I heard them right.

They destroyed the ballots so we'll have to wait for journalists to tell us what the numbers were.

 

[Pie eyed]

Barnaby Joyce (Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Member for New England) is the frontrunner.

Which I think it is a pretty sad reflection on the National Party.

There are 21 in the Nationals party room including 8 elected under the Liberal National banner in QLD and 1 Country Liberal from the NT.

Could you really call a well planned succession, well telegraphed and as bloodless as any political move in 200+ years of Australian politics a "spill"?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Could you really call a well planned succession, well telegraphed and as bloodless as any political move in 200+ years of Australian politics a "spill"?

I'm not sure if it's a catch-all term or not.

 

[Pie eyed]

I'm not sure if it's a catch-all term or not.

No slur...just seems in appropriate.
More like a leadership "presentation" ceremony.

 

[Moo]

Is Windsor still going to challenge for New England? Barnaby's seat?

I'd be shocked if he didn't.

 

[Maggie5]

I'd be shocked if he didn't.

Will be harder for him now that Joyce is leader if he does.
Shame as I think he was a pretty good politician.

 

[Moo]

Will be harder for him now that Joyce is leader if he does.
Shame as I think he was a pretty good politician.

Perhaps, however on the flip-side Barnaby has an even bigger stage to make a boob out of himself.

 

[madmug]

Barnaby is such a loose cannon.

Its surely going to be an 'interesting' ride with him as Dep. PM.

 

[Play by Numbers]

Our deputy primeminister believes in UN conspiracies to seize land from member states and push socialism via climate change science.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

For all the shit he copped about Johnny Depp's dogs, Barnaby was actually doing 100 per cent the right thing.

 

[Maggie5]

Not a man of his word though.
Didn't he bank his house on Abbott remaining PM?

 

[Moo]

“If you’re trying to turn the finances of our nation around, there are going to be hard decisions that are made. And if we don’t, we go broke,”

“This is our first budget, I understand the concerns people have, I fully understand them, but what is our alternative? We either accept that we’ve got a debt problem and we’ve got to turn it around or we basically we say ‘no, this is only a small melanoma on our arm, and if we just wait long enough it’ll go away’.

“No, it’s a financial melanoma, it will kill you.”

 

[rodney hoo]

“If you’re trying to turn the finances of our nation around, there are going to be hard decisions that are made. And if we don’t, we go broke,”

“This is our first budget, I understand the concerns people have, I fully understand them, but what is our alternative? We either accept that we’ve got a debt problem and we’ve got to turn it around or we basically we say ‘no, this is only a small melanoma on our arm, and if we just wait long enough it’ll go away’.

“No, it’s a financial melanoma, it will kill you.”

This is all well and good and Keating pushed through tough reforms bringing the voters with him but most Joe blows will not accept it until the big end town start to cough up. When good government and not run by three word slogans most Joe blows understand and do what's right.

 

[Moo]

This is all well and good and Keating pushed through tough reforms bringing the voters with him but most Joe blows will not accept it until the big end town start to cough up. When good government and not run by three word slogans most Joe blows understand and do what's right.

Let's not kid ourselves .....Joe aint going to accept it regardless of the big end of town.

You can not continually outlay more than you make - especially when it is basically operating expenses and not investments.

Think WA .....we've been through one hell of a boom (GST arrangements aside), we've overspent and the legacy for our kids will be a bill for increased maintenance costs.

 

[The Punter]

It's alright to borrow to acquire assets; it's not OK to borrow to pay for the groceries.