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Think you know Barnaby Joyce? Think again … The former Leader of the Australian National Party, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia between 2016 and 2018, Joyce’s world came crashing down around him in spectacular fashion when it was revealed that he was expecting a child with new partner, Vikki Campion, a former member of his political staff.

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SpeedRunnerLink on 21/07/2021 - 23:06

+15

Maybe if it was 50 cents, i'll consider using it as toilet paper.
- Steptoe on 21/07/2021 - 23:09
  
  +5
  
  💩 doesn’t stick to anything associated with Barn
- Lps on 21/07/2021 - 23:14
  
  +10
  
  The main difference being that real toilet paper wipes shit OFF
- bchliu on 22/07/2021 - 00:48
  
  +3
  
  Not sure why you'd waste 50c on it. Lol.
- PainToad on 22/07/2021 - 05:44
  
  -1
  
  Oh so edgy 🙄
placard on 21/07/2021 - 23:06

+9

Lol.

Did anyone pay $32 for this?
The Magic Pudding on 21/07/2021 - 23:12

+20

"Think you know Barnaby Joyce?"
More than I'd choose to, a despicable man.
RSmith on 21/07/2021 - 23:29

+9

Ditched his family for a young lady. Honourable man indeed.
- DoctorCalculon on 22/07/2021 - 00:18
  
  +7
  
  The "Bonking Ban" was created in honour of this guy who couldn't keep his d*** in his pants at his workplace.
  - petry on 22/07/2021 - 09:30
    
    +1
    
    and got him kicked out…
Elyxar on 21/07/2021 - 23:37

+12

'You may be surprised by what you will learn.' The only thing that surprised me was that he got voted back in.
- et tu brute on 22/07/2021 - 20:55
  
  @Elyxar
  "The only thing that surprised me was that he got voted back in."
  By the party room… Of course I doubt if they will ever tell who voted against him.
  
  The truth of this decision will bear fruit will be whether Barnaby, the hay seeder's choice 'retail politician, not detail politician', at he next Federal Election, can increase the Nats overall vote or mark the beginning of the end… There are many angry female Nat votes out their who have declared they will shun him and the party at the ballot box.
  
  As Seinfeld's Soup Nazi character would have stated "No soup for you Barnaby!"
Fred on 21/07/2021 - 23:40

+10

"BJ, one man's love of the Bush"
- petry on 21/07/2021 - 23:47
  
  +2
  
  he didn't give up his dual nationality until he was forced to in 2017, use of the word love in relation to the bush clearly is meant only sexually …..
  his career came crushing down at that point - sleazy coalition members are par for the course…
  - b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 00:51
    
    +3
    
    he didn't give up his dual nationality until he was forced to in 2017
    
    This is hardly a fair statement. He and most other MPs caught up in the debacle had citizenship assigned at birth due to the relationship that some countries choose to give citizenship (in his case, automically given to children where at least one parent was a NZ citizen).
    
    He didn't even know. Other MPs didn't either.
    It's not like he was forced to give up his NZ citizenship, he did it as soon as he knew.
    
    To be honest, the whole event spurred me to check for myself. My father was born overseas and if I had of applied before the age of 18 I could have had dual citizenship! Would have been cool to have citizenship of an EU member.
    
    So it's absolutely believable that he didn't know.
    
    He's not my favourite either, sleeping with a staffer is an incredible abuse of power and sets a horrible example for future generations. But let's not say stuff that isn't true.
    - petry on 22/07/2021 - 09:14
      
      your personal opinion is noted and coalition apologist attached.
      
      bearing in mind the deportation of anyone born in nz but raised entirely in australia its a humourous one.
      
      just how old was Joyce when he didn't know, and he rebuilt his career on being a larrikin as opposed to a well dodgy simpleton.
      - b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 09:41
        
        +1
        
        @petry: It's not my personal opinion. It's fact - the citizenship crisis spread across all sides of Australian politics where a total of 17 MPs were impacted - including Liberal, Nationals, Labor, the Greens, NXT, One Nation and independents.
        
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–18_Australian_parliamentary_eligibility_crisis
        
        Why would you label me an apologist for the coalition when I am just pointing out the truth?
        
        I share the same opinion on deporting NZ citizens that were raised in Australia - the irony is not lost on me, nor was it lost on a large portion of the Australian public.
        
        I'm not sure how old Joyce when he knew. He probably found out at the same as the other 16 MPs.
        
        Doesn't mean I'd vote for him.
        
        I'm always fascinated by how partisan politics can make people so irrational that often it just devolves into a slagging competition where points about non-related topics are argued or brought up. It's childish.
        
        It's also fascinating that our parliament is so childish, and we'd likely all complain about that, but sometimes reflecting on the behavior of Australians makes me think that it's just a representation of our country as a whole.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 09:53
        
        -4
        
        @b2dz: because Joyce is being sold as a larrikin, and you are are opinionating about the fact that he didn't know his citizenship at 50 odd.
        
        are you related? if you are not then why are you so vehement about why he was just ignorant?
        
        the snide insinuations suggest you really are coalition connected- attacking me for your opinionated defence of joyce based on nothing, unless you are connected personally.
        
        when young babies brought into australia are deported despite having lived here their whole lives, and even famous australian test players are refused citizenship then downplaying joyce's alleged ignorance is incorrect.
        
        The coalition policies currently are un-australian.
        
        b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 10:22
        
        @petry: Again, I thought we were talking about the plausibility of him not knowing about his dual citizenship?
        
        By your argument, do you think that each of the other 16 impacted MPs actually did know as well and just kept it hidden - with some therefore committing perjury in the process?
        
        It is not my opinion or a mounted defence of Joyce. It is fact that he, and 16 other MPs were impacted due to this. Not opinion.
        
        If you can't reasonably finish discussing one thing and closing it out before moving onto the next, why would you expect your elected politicians to do the same?
        
        Why do you keep on bringing it into an "us vs them"? You keep wanting to brand me as a Coalition apologist or a Joyce family member (lol) rather than someone that is just wanting to discuss facts. I find that childish. That's not an attack on you - it's just childish that we can't talk about the same thing.
        
        If you read my initial response again, I also said it was an incredible abuse of power to sleep with a staff member. Hardly something a coalition apologist would say.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 12:31
        
        -3
        
        @b2dz: disinterested in your wasting of my time over your clearly invested defence of Joyce.
        
        Particularly as you immediately turned to personal abuse.
        
        as for the pathetic fox attempt to rework what i wrote into something else - well that suggests you are paid to.
    - g1 on 22/07/2021 - 12:15
      
      +1
      
      There are various levels of responsibility that apply to various positions. Pleading ignorance, or lack of focus on detail, are very poor excuses for an MP. A law maker saying 'oh, sorry, didn't pay much attention to that' is very different to bunnings manager not paying attention to their citizenship status. If an MP doesn't pay much attention to parliamentary rules, and their own history, what else are they not paying attention to?
      
      So the statement is fair. He applied for an office that has conditions. It is a high office with significant responsibility, which has wide ranging consequences on a whole country. Due diligence is required. This applies to all MPs.
      - b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 12:25
        
        +1
        
        @g1: I never said that he shouldn't have been sacked, or that any of the other 16 members shouldn't have been sacked either. Quite frankly, they should have, and that is just what happened. You could say that it reflected better on the few that resigned, rather than those that held their positions and fought and lost as they were ruled as invalid by a court.
        
        But it's not like he knew this and was intentionally holding it back or trying to hide it - nor were the majority of the other 16 MPs. It's no excuse and all the parties should have done better here to vet/screen their candidate. Clearly each party that was impacted by this had vetting processes that failed. The lack of due diligence is a major concern and I am at least now hopefuly that it won't happen again (for a long time at least).
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 12:33
        
        @b2dz: again you categorically that a 50 year old international senior politician knew nothing of his nationality - provide the evidence please since clearly you are personally involved to claim that.
        
        b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 12:38
        
        +1
        
        @petry: Not personally involved, but I did follow the cases fairly closely.
        
        https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/deputy-prime-ministe…
        
        He told Parliament he had decided to refer himself to the High Court for clarification but would not resign from cabinet and would remain as the member for the NSW electorate of New England.
        
        "I was born in Tamworth, just as my mother and my great-grandma was born there 100 years earlier," he said.
        
        "Neither I, nor my parents have ever had any reason to believe I may be a citizen of another country. I was born in Australia in 1967 to an Australian mother and think I am fifth-generation. My father was born in New Zealand and came to Australia in 1947 as a British subject. In fact we were all British subjects at that time.
        
        "The government has taken legal advice from the Solicitor-General. On the basis of the Solicitor-General's advice, the government is of the firm view that I would not be found to be disqualified by the operation of section 44 of the constitution from serving as the member of New England. However, to provide clarification to this very important area of the law, for this and future parliaments, I have asked the government to refer the matter.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 12:41
        
        -3
        
        @b2dz: His view, and that of his government - the same one which jails ordinary people for telling the truth, and routinely brings legal action against journalists.
        
        truth is a dead idea to the coalition.
        
        b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 12:55
        
        @petry: It's not his "view", it's a statement that he made to parliament and also the same version he gave in court. Unless you're saying he committed perjury?
        
        You asked for evidence, here it is.
        
        http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/…
        
        Mr Joyce MP was born in April 1967 at Tamworth Base Hospital, Tamworth, New South Wales. His father was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1924. His mother was born in Gundagai, New South Wales in 1930. Mr Joyce MP's father came to Australia in 1947, and undertook studies in veterinary science at the University of Sydney. While at the University of Sydney, Mr Joyce MP's father met his mother and they were married in April 1956. Mr Joyce Snr was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1978. At that time, he also renounced his New Zealand citizenship. Mr Joyce MP has always known that his father was born in New Zealand. He understood that his father had become an Australian citizen in 1978 and was solely an Australian citizen.
        Mr Joyce MP grew up on a property outside Tamworth, New South Wales. He was educated at schools in New South Wales and at the University of New England, Armidale. He was a member of the Australian Army Reserve between October 1996 and September 2001. He was elected as a senator for Queensland in 2004. In 2013 he resigned from the Senate and was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for the electorate of New England at the federal election held that year. When Mr Joyce MP nominated for election to the Senate in 2004, he completed a form which referred to s 44(i) of the Constitution. His belief at that time and at the time of nominating for election at the general election held on 2 July 2016 was that s 44(i) had no application to him because he was a citizen of Australia only.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 23:49
        
        @b2dz: thats a quote not evidence.
        
        b2dz on 23/07/2021 - 00:43
        
        @petry: That was submitted and accepted as agreed facts to the High Court of Australia, that is pretty much the definition of evidence.
        
        petry on 23/07/2021 - 09:07
        
        @b2dz: 'The court’s unanimous decision to uphold a strict reading of the constitutional disqualification of foreign citizens'
        
        joyces ignorance defence was rejected.
        
        you're a laugh - you wrote 'Mr Joyce Snr was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1978' and 'he also renounced his New Zealand citizenship' which he didn't need to do to become an australian citizen.
        
        why do you think he did that?
        
        b2dz on 23/07/2021 - 09:12
        
        @petry: Ohhhhh my god you are impossible!
        
        Yes of course the court came to that decision, it was the right one because his election to parliament was invalid because he was a dual citizen!
        
        But the court accepted the fact that Joyce genuinely believed that he was not a citizen of another country, as with most of the other 16 MPs in his position. But him genuinely believing that he was not a citizen was not enough for the court to uphold the validity of his appointment to parliament.
        
        So yes he and most other MPs were in the wrong and the court found it so, but it's not like he or most of the others intentionally hid it and was "forced" to give it up.
        
        I'm done with this.
        
        petry on 23/07/2021 - 09:33
        
        @b2dz: you failed to deal with the question as to why when 'Mr Joyce Snr was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1978' and 'he also renounced his New Zealand citizenship' which he didn't need to do to become an australian citizen.
        
        why do you think he did that?
        
        I am therefore unsurprised after your incessant attempts to defend Joyce, including trying to induce defamatory statements, you have quit rather than answer.
        
        what did barnaby have to do after his defence failed - do what his father did - formally renounce his new zealand citizenship.
        
        maybe all australian sports representatives should be required to do the same before ever playing for any australia team but then of course we'd struggle to put out competitive teams.
        
        your continued assertions on his behalf make what i wrote originally correct.
        
        finally 'Joyce said the decision was “tough” but he was not “totally surprised” by it.' Why do you think Joyce said that?
        
        Tanya Plibersek noted the “extraordinary revelation” that Joyce expected he might lose the case.
        
        truth is a dead concept for the coalition even crikey seems to have grasped reality
        
        'Incompetent, thin-skinned, deceitful and cowardly — other prime ministers might have exceeded him in one of those characteristics. But Morrison combines them all, the complete package of non-leadership. His faults as a politician — a simple inability to lead, a staggering lack of vision beyond retaining power, an obsession with surface over substance — have combined with his glaring faults as a person: the lies, the refusal to accept responsibility, the inner moral and intellectual vacuum.'
        
        b2dz on 23/07/2021 - 09:45
        
        @petry: You asked for evidence:
        
        @b2dz: again you categorically that a 50 year old international senior politician knew nothing of his nationality - provide the evidence please since clearly you are personally involved to claim that.
        
        I gave you agreed facts accepted by the High Court of Australia as evidence:
        
        His belief at that time and at the time of nominating for election at the general election held on 2 July 2016 was that s 44(i) had no application to him because he was a citizen of Australia only.
        
        That's it. Unless you have evidence to the contrary, this was accepted by the highest court in the country. Evidence!! Right there!!
        
        You just keep on wanting to put me in a box that says I am a Joyce supporter, family member or apologist. I am none of those things!
        
        Was his election invalid? Yes.
        Should the Nationals have vetted him better? Yes.
        Should he have known? Probably.
        Should the other 16 impacted MPs have known? Probably.
        Did they? No.
        
        Did he genuinely think that he was a citizen of Australia only? According to agreed facts of the Australian High Court, YES!
        
        petry on 23/07/2021 - 09:59
        
        -1
        
        @b2dz: you were asked for evidence of your personal assertion that Joyce didn't know he needed to formally renounce his new zealand cititzenship - you only presented a court defence of ignorance that failed.
        
        you ignored the fact that his father had earlier formally renounced his new zealand citizenship, and have refused to deal with that fact.
        
        you ignored the fact that Joyce was apparently not surprised that his ignorance defence was ignored.
        
        your personal beliefs are apparently limited to defence case evidence so you must also believe Obeid as well….
        
        joyce's ignorance defence was rejected - thats the court decision - that's fact.
        
        g1 on 22/07/2021 - 12:38
        
        +1
        
        @b2dz: I do find it surprising that they were given a 'pass'. The court system does not give a lot of people a pass for ignorance. Australian politicians get away with a lot. I am surprised that breaking various rules doesn't carry legal consequences for politicians. Let's get a helicopter with public money to events but we won't call that fraud. The recent car park scandal is a more recent example. There are rules -> I am a politician -> I won't get punished for breaking rules -> I'll do what I want instead of following the rules. There is so little public pressure to place legal consequences on MPs compliance with their parliamentary requirements.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 12:40
        
        @g1: including declaring the source of their gifts and donations, when they choose to do so. Bungs are A-ok.
        
        b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 12:40
        
        +1
        
        @g1: Completely agree here. The law is far too lenient on MPs in general. A federal ICAC with teeth (large ones) is sorely needed and would help to stamp out the leniency given to them and restore some faith of the public. Who knows, it may also improve their own behaviour.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 12:44
        
        -1
        
        @b2dz: this corrupt foreign owned crew are dead set against making that happen as you are well aware. Pretending the Coalition is capable of it is derisory. Labor wouldn't do it either as it is now.
        
        g1 on 22/07/2021 - 12:50
        
        @petry: I don't think any big party would do it. I also don't think anyone would do it as a private members bill, so big parties could get plausible deniability. It's not in their interest, and there is not enough public pressure. I think the only way change would come would be from continued public pressure. Continued being important, because as an example as most people are aware even the womens' rights protests have resulted in very little structural change at the moment because pressure stopped.
        
        b2dz on 22/07/2021 - 12:56
        
        @g1: I wouldn't rule out a private member's bill, especially from an independent or a Green's member as it is their policy that a federal ICAC is established. That's probably one of the best chances there is of getting one.
        
        petry on 22/07/2021 - 17:28
        
        @b2dz: so what who is in power would rot it out like the coalition have done for the last decade..
g1 on 21/07/2021 - 23:40

+7

"with new partner" ? With a mistress is more accurate. Are they paying people $5 to buy this? Because there is plenty of stuff on the internet about cheating with a work subordinate. His out back stories may not be as exciting as made out to be!
OfTheOverflow on 21/07/2021 - 23:58

+12

Lmao, can't believe he's back. What a state of politics, absolute joke
ihfree on 22/07/2021 - 00:08

+2

May grab this to go with my other favourite Barnaby book - The Very Hungry Barnaby.
The Magic Pudding on 22/07/2021 - 00:25

+13

Is this a new deal?
Barnaby Joyce is always for sale.
- petry on 22/07/2021 - 09:31
  
  but commands a better price according to position
  
  and how can a negative vote in this thread be inappropriate ?
  
  who believes the ghostwritten item to be factual?
  
  if its not as described is it fit for purpose?
  
  its like promoting woolys - who routinely break labor laws and consumer laws incessantly - and this is supposed to a bargain site…
Geekomatic on 22/07/2021 - 00:41

+6

Joyce (in front of his then wife & daughters):

"Women need to marry for the security".

Also Joyce: shags intern, cheats on wife, and disappoints his entire family. Wife divorces him. He has a child out of wedlock with said intern.

Now? Looking for the next intern, as he was never punished for being a sociopath & scumbag.

No interest in that ratbag criminal.
EarlyBird on 22/07/2021 - 00:43

+11

How could a book by such a man be a bargain? A couple of decades ago when honour and integrity still mattered, he would have been exiled to a political wilderness as "the Left Dishonorable Bushman Joyce"
bchliu on 22/07/2021 - 00:52

+4

Lol. Book will be about how he was victimised for being an (profanity) to his own family and neglecting his official duties just to get some action. People still buy into this utter BS?
Trioboy on 22/07/2021 - 07:57

it's $24 on the site?
PainToad on 22/07/2021 - 09:18

-3

Just going to put this here https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/mp-dumps-wif…
- DoctorCalculon on 22/07/2021 - 23:01
  
  How the hell is this relevant? Did Shorten sleep with his staff member, or go around sexually harass other female members of his staff?
amahon on 22/07/2021 - 09:41

-7

wow what a bunch of (profanity) losers. If you don't like the guy, don't get his book, pretty simple.
- g1 on 22/07/2021 - 12:21
  
  Can't handle other people expressing their thoughts? Need to call others by '(profanity) losers' when they write a comment?
  You're right, some things are pretty simple.
  - amahon on 22/07/2021 - 13:32
    
    -3
    
    yup!
    Expressing my thoughts, sorry if that hurts your feelings or is not cool if I express my thoughts?? because they don't match yours.
    
    Yes, I do think a bunch of keyboard warriors acting all high and mighty passing judgement on this guy like they are some source of moral authority makes them losers. This is a site for sharing bargains, I couldn't careless about Barnaby's politics or personal life. You are either interested in the bargain or you are not, save the grandstanding for twitter. Simple!
abc on 22/07/2021 - 10:29

Joyce’s world came crashing down around him in spectacular fashion when it was revealed that he was expecting a child with new partner, Vikki Campion, a former member of his political staff.

Well is this guy that dumb that he didn’t know the risks when he was shagging his staffer?

Book should be in the fiction section.
- g1 on 22/07/2021 - 12:27
  
  +3
  
  He knows that Australian MPs face very few consequences for a lot of their 'questionable' actions, at least until the next election. He probably knew that the worst he'd get is being made a back bencher. He may have hoped he could hide all of his actions. And, he may also know his constituency well enough to know what he'll face at the next election, which may be 'not much' but need to wait and see.
- petry on 22/07/2021 - 12:47
  
  maybe bought cheap rubbers , cheap being the operative word for coalition behaviour towards ordinary people.
  - PainToad on 22/07/2021 - 13:29
    
    -1
    
    towards ordinary people.
    
    Enlighten me how you define "ordinary people" and how the Coalition is cheap towards these so called "ordinary people"?
    - petry on 22/07/2021 - 17:25
      
      anybody who ain't rich or powerful or donated to their self interest.
      
      cheap is refusing to reveal anything about what they do, and why they have done it, by appointing hundreds of cronies to screw over ordinary people, and abusing laws to silence anyone telling a truth they don't like.
      
      totally refusing to divulge jobkeepmestinkingrich payments just about sums it up.
      
      look at 'Liberal party donor’s revenue from uncontested contracts for offshore processing rises to $1.5bn'
      
      giving taxpayers money away to Telstra to fight the yanks war on China is the latest unexplained example of greed. Meanwhile the ndis is still being gutted.
      
      and 'touchup' morrisson's gonna give another billion and a half of taxpayer money to whoever he feels like….
boomlogical on 22/07/2021 - 17:08

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pegaxs on 22/07/2021 - 20:43

+1

Dear god, no. Why? If they were paying me to read it, I still wouldn't. How has this gotten any traction? And an RRP of $33 is a joke, surely? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Negging due to major concern over author and his willingness to impregnate a staff member and then ditch is current family for an office tryst.

This was posted 2 years 9 months 12 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

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