Cormann backs Barnaby

Libs minister: It’s time to move on from saga

THE Turnbull Government needs to move on from the furore surrounding Barnaby Joyce, who “clearly” doesn’t plan on going anywhere, cabinet minister Mathias Cormann says.

The soon-to-be acting prime minister was laying out the Coalition’s plans yesterday amid ongoing questions about the future of Mr Joyce, who is on personal leave after his affair with a former staffer was revealed. northern face is to encourage native plants to grow over the house.

“It’s a spectacular site and location. We tried to make something that’s sympathetic to the surrounds. It’s such a beautiful part of the world,” Mr Edwards said.

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When it was put to him that Mr Joyce was not going anywhere, Senator Cormann replied: “That is clearly what he is saying.”

“We just keep doing the job that we were elected to do, do the best we can to secure more jobs and higher wages,” he said.

Mr Cormann said the nation needed to move on from the forest regrowth from the devastating Black Christmas bushfires in 2015 that razed 116 dwellings at Wye River the saga. “The country wants us to move on, we must move on, we need to focus on the things we were elected to do,” he said.

Mr Joyce is defying anyone suggesting he stand down as Nationals leader after the breakdown of his 24-year marriage and the relationship with Vikki Campion, who is having his baby. and Separation Creek.

Colac Otway Shire has since granted planning permission for 52 houses in

WA Nationals state leader Mia Davies issued a statement on Tuesday telling Mr Joyce, who is also deputy prime minister, to go.

“Mr Joyce’s actions have caused pain for his family but it is the ongoing damage Mr Joyce is causing the Nationals organisation that is of greatest concern to me as WA leader,” she said. Wye River, with another 17 under consideration.

Fifteen properties, mostly vacant residential blocks, are

Mr Joyce pointed out that WA didn’t have any federal MPs and the eastern states, which had more “skin in the game”, supported him.

“I find it surprising that a federal issue has so much momentum in the west, when people in the east in the National Party have, in the majority, a different view,” he said. on the market in Wye River. Four home sites and a residence have sold in January.

Labor Leader Bill Shorten said no wonder Australians are fed up with politics as the Joyce saga enters its 14th day.

“I think that West Australian Nationals have just said what most Australians think: Barnaby, move on son. It’s not working ... the government is paralysed,” Mr Shorten told reporters in Rockhampton.

“You’ve made your boss look like a laughing stock because he can’t control you.”