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I don't think Barnaby's to interested ATM.And hasn't been for a while. But has left a mess for others to clean up if he quits or is asked to leave.

I am not sure that too many people are worried about his hypocritical personal indiscretions (besides most of his country bumpkin supporters that is) - it is his "jobs for the squeeze" that doesn't pass the pub test.

Equally so, Truffle's excuse that she is not his "partner" fails the same test.

There is a reason he is taking "personal leave" next week.

swan42 wrote:

58shark wrote: Like him or hate him, this is personal stuff and nothing to do with government of Australia. For Gods sakes, judge him on his performance, not on who he’s screwing. This is just a media beat up from a sick twisted media bunch of sensalionists to sell papers. I don’t particularly like him, but I won’t judge him on his private life.

What and to whom is his business. However, there are legitimate questions for him to answer with respect to the Ministerial code of conduct and he also needs to explain his presence in Canberra when parliament was not sitting.

Further what sort of government is it when the person who should be acting PM is told to go on holidays. Then the next person who should be the acting PM, Julie Bishop, is told she should stay out of the country. And the reason, Turnbull is too scared of losing his job.

Problem being swan, is that people such as your good self are worried about his personal life which has no bearing on the running of our country. I don't have to tell you that fidelity/ infidelity is rife, it's a human trait. As I said, he doesn't particularly thrill me, but I've had a gutsful of this gutter trash news reporting. Too many people rely on press opinion to form their own opinion. Press have concentrated on this rubbish, why don't they put the bagman under the same scrutiny???
As for Turnbull, he reminds me of Andrew Peacock. People thought " who the fk is he and when do we get rid of him"?

swan42 wrote: Does anyone want to comment whether Barnaby Joyce should resign?

It all depends?
If they've both been screwing around at tax payers expense, then yes. The sooner the better!
If not, then he should stay.
I haven't been following this story.

58shark wrote:

swan42 wrote:

58shark wrote: Like him or hate him, this is personal stuff and nothing to do with government of Australia. For Gods sakes, judge him on his performance, not on who he’s screwing. This is just a media beat up from a sick twisted media bunch of sensalionists to sell papers. I don’t particularly like him, but I won’t judge him on his private life.

What and to whom is his business. However, there are legitimate questions for him to answer with respect to the Ministerial code of conduct and he also needs to explain his presence in Canberra when parliament was not sitting.

Further what sort of government is it when the person who should be acting PM is told to go on holidays. Then the next person who should be the acting PM, Julie Bishop, is told she should stay out of the country. And the reason, Turnbull is too scared of losing his job.

Problem being swan, is that people such as your good self are worried about his personal life which has no bearing on the running of our country. I don't have to tell you that fidelity/ infidelity is rife, it's a human trait. As I said, he doesn't particularly thrill me, but I've had a gutsful of this gutter trash news reporting. Too many people rely on press opinion to form their own opinion. Press have concentrated on this rubbish, why don't they put the bagman under the same scrutiny???
As for Turnbull, he reminds me of Andrew Peacock. People thought " who the fk is he and when do we get rid of him"?

I have specifically not spoken about what he has done and with whom; I have spoken about expenses claims, questions about the number of days he was in Canberra when parliament was sitting and whether he has broken the ministerial code.

42 gets enjoyment watching a conservative take a high jump as I did when Dastyari got rolled for cosying up to the Chinese government ....but given bending over for a communist super power is a bit different to bending someone over in the typing pool, I think BJ should be alright.

swan42 wrote:

58shark wrote:

swan42 wrote:

58shark wrote: Like him or hate him, this is personal stuff and nothing to do with government of Australia. For Gods sakes, judge him on his performance, not on who he’s screwing. This is just a media beat up from a sick twisted media bunch of sensalionists to sell papers. I don’t particularly like him, but I won’t judge him on his private life.

What and to whom is his business. However, there are legitimate questions for him to answer with respect to the Ministerial code of conduct and he also needs to explain his presence in Canberra when parliament was not sitting.

Further what sort of government is it when the person who should be acting PM is told to go on holidays. Then the next person who should be the acting PM, Julie Bishop, is told she should stay out of the country. And the reason, Turnbull is too scared of losing his job.

Problem being swan, is that people such as your good self are worried about his personal life which has no bearing on the running of our country. I don't have to tell you that fidelity/ infidelity is rife, it's a human trait. As I said, he doesn't particularly thrill me, but I've had a gutsful of this gutter trash news reporting. Too many people rely on press opinion to form their own opinion. Press have concentrated on this rubbish, why don't they put the bagman under the same scrutiny???
As for Turnbull, he reminds me of Andrew Peacock. People thought " who the fk is he and when do we get rid of him"?

I have specifically not spoken about what he has done and with whom; I have spoken about expenses claims, questions about the number of days he was in Canberra when parliament was sitting and whether he has broken the ministerial code.

If Joyce goes then flip flop McGowan should do likewise over the $39m grants scandal.

How much of a circus is this? These guys are meant to be running our country FFS and the "political" debate is dominated by a married middle aged man with a hat who can't keep his pecker in his pants. Honestly is this the level that our leaders have been reduced to?

yep...agree Mike...if the media didn't give it so much oxygen it would have died a natural death days ago....as you correctly point out, it's just a grubby little story about a bloke who screwed an employee...it's his ex-missus and kids I feel sorry for having this played out in public across the nation....get over it, move on to more important things I say.

this one....

www.perthnow.com.au/opinion/gareth-parke...o-bite-ng-b88741385z