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Cracks widen in Australian coalition as deputy PM calls Turnbull 'inept'
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 15, 2018 11:21pm |
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| Author | Colin Packham |
| News Date | Friday, February 16, 2018 05:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SYDNEY (Reuters) - A major rift opened up in Australia’s fragile ruling coalition on Friday as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refused to quit over an affair with a staff member, and derided Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s condemnation of his behavior as “inept”.
Turnbull, whose coalition holds a razor-thin majority of just one seat, said on Thursday Joyce, had shown a “shocking error of judgment” for conducting the affair with his former press secretary, who is now pregnant, and called on his deputy to consider his position.
The comments were seen as a thinly veiled call for the National Party leader to resign from cabinet, but Joyce, a married father of four who had campaigned on “family values”, said on Friday he had the support of his colleagues to continue. |
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