Barnaby Joyce Is Replaced as Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister
25, 2018
SYDNEY, Australia — Barnaby Joyce officially resigned Monday as Australia’s deputy prime minister, clearing the way for a replacement — Michael McCormack, the veterans affairs minister — who was named to the post in an awkward news conference
that included Mr. Joyce sulking in the back of a National Party gathering he had grown used to leading.
" Mr. Joyce said on Feb. 16. that This was a personal issue, a personal issue that’s been dragged into the public arena,
Mr. Joyce’s affair with his staff member quickly snowballed from a sex scandal to something more significant: A symbol of the insular, booze-fueled
and secretive culture of Canberra, Australia’s capital.
Mr. Joyce resisted resigning for weeks — even after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull scolded him in public
and after complaints about sexual harassment began to emerge.
Mr. Joyce’s affair was widely known among the press corps in Canberra, Australia’s capital,
but not publicly disclosed even as voters went to the polls.
