Barnaby Joyce: the most perplexing contradictions in his account of the Morrison ministry scandal
by Amy Remeikis from on (#62QSW)
Repeated questioning of Nationals leader over when he knew about Morrison taking on resources portfolio provided confusing results
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Barnaby Joyce was asked on Sunday what he knew, didn't know and didn't want to know about Scott Morrison's additional powers.
The answers were hard to follow, to say the least. The former deputy prime minister said he kinda knew Morrison had appointed himself as resources minister and taken over the decision of the controversial Pep-11 gas licence off the NSW coast, but he also didn't know.
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