Barnaby Joyce quits as Deputy Prime Minister

By James Massola
Updated February 26 2018 - 11:26pm, first published February 23 2018 - 2:55pm
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Barnaby Joyce has bowed to the inevitable and finally resigned, quitting the Deputy Prime Ministership and Malcolm Turnbull's frontbench more than two weeks after news that he and his former staffer-turned-partner Vikki Campion are expecting a baby boy.

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