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Flat White

History on the side of Barnaby Joyce

9 February 2022

9:00 AM

9 February 2022

9:00 AM

The ambush on Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison at his Canberra Press Club address last week was extraordinary. So too was the subsequent leaking of a damaging text message from Deputy PM and leader of the federal Nationals, Barnaby Joyce, who allegedly called Morrison a ‘hypocrite and a liar’.

The deputy Prime Minister’s attack on Morrison certainly added fuel to the fire, coming as it did from the second-highest level of the federal Coalition government.

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