Meanwhile, Barnaby Joyce’s absence from the community forum could be explained by this…
Last night, he received the inaugural National Agriculture Day award from Australian mining magnate, Gina Rinehart.
The award carrying a $40,000 bonus.
“The inaugural Agricultural and related industries award goes to… Barnaby Joyce.”
But Mr Joyce told his Twitter followers, while he was ‘humbled’ to receive the award, he ‘took immediate action to politely decline any acceptance.
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