New deputy PM in Australia after party revolt
The Hindu
Australia will have a new Deputy Prime Minister after Barnaby Joyce won a leadership contest on Monday in the government’s junior coalition partner the National party.Mr. Joyce was previously Australi
Australia will have a new Deputy Prime Minister after Barnaby Joyce won a leadership contest on Monday in the government’s junior coalition partner the National party. Mr. Joyce was previously Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 to 2018 but resigned after an extramarital affair with a former staff member. Mr. Joyce, a climate sceptic, has long harboured ambitions of returning the leader of the National party, a position he finally secured when he defeated incumbent Michael McCormack in a vote of the party’s 21 federal lawmakers.More Related News