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Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce wants to pull the horse up while he resaddles

A pesky journalist broke the story about Barnaby Joyce being in talks with One Nation, and now the apparently-exiting Nationals MP wants everyone to press the “pause” button while he has a chat with family and gets himself and his situation straight.

Or, in more obscure Joyce language, “You don’t start salami slicing your way out of every possible combination and permutation of outcomes”.

“So let’s just pull the horse on this up straight away. No decisions have been made. And that’s where we are right now.”

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