The Latest Breaking News from Barnaby Joyce

Albanese accuses Warren Mundine of splitting from no campaign over treaties and Australia Day

PM’s response comes as senior Liberal source says Mundine ‘made it very difficult for himself’ in race to succeed retiring NSW senator Marise Payne

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2023

Don’t listen to Barnaby Joyce – New England loves renewable energy

The loud bloke in a hat’s increasingly pro-nuclear, anything-but-renewables stance is out of touch with his NSW electorate

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2023

View from The Hill: Australia's bid for Julian Assange's freedom presents formidable problems for Joe Biden

In his relatively brief time as prime minister, Anthony Albanese has had very extensive contact with US President Joe Biden. According to the prime minister’s office, Albanese has had four formal meetings with him, plus two Quad meetings, and several other less formal discussions. They’ll rub shoulders again at the…

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2023

Afternoon Update: unions welcome Joyce’s early exit; Australia tops G20 coal emissions; and the Rolling Stones’ new album

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2023

Australian MPs to lobby US to drop Julian Assange prosecution or risk ‘very dangerous’ precedent for Russia and China

Cross-party delegation of Australian politicians to travel to US in attempt to build momentum against extraditing WikiLeaks founder

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2023

Thomas Mayo urges regional NSW to vote yes as Armidale turns out for Indigenous voice event

Three hundred people packed into Armidale town hall to hear the yes campaigner, four months after New England hosted no campaign event

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2023

A retiring NZ MP has suggested joining Australia – we should at least think about it (before saying no)

Big policy ideas usually don’t come up in parliamentary valedictory speeches – they’re for saying goodbye and thank you. So departing Labour MP Jamie Strange was the exception last week when he made a case for New Zealand and Australia becoming one country.

The Conversation · Aug 21, 2023

The week in review: the Matildas’ public holiday debate was ultimately moot – but let’s not live in the past à la Barnaby Joyce

In a week that left Joyce even more red-faced than usual, he wasn’t the only politician to find himself as a man out of time

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2023

The England v Australia rivalry rears its head in a World Cup semi-final

In today’s Football Daily: The World Cup semis loom, TV troubles and more

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Own goal! Australia’s former deputy PM missed nail-biting World Cup win after watching wrong match by mistake

Australia’s former deputy prime minister has revealed that he missed his country’s dramatic penalty shootout win over France because he was watching the wrong match.

Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2023