THIS is our Deputy PM.

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https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/ ... 7cb27da753

RESOURCES Minister Matt Canavan created a new high-salary job for Barnaby Joyce’s girlfriend as the affair created serious dysfunction in the Deputy Prime Minister’s office.

Vikki Campion, who is now living with Mr Joyce and is pregnant with his child, was given a new role as a senior adviser in Queensland Senator Canavan’s office working on his social and digital media in April last year, even as ­others within the party ­became increasingly concerned at the situation.

Mr Canavan, who is a close ally of fellow National party heavyweight Mr Joyce, did not have a full-time staff member in this role prior to Ms Campion’s appointment.

There is no suggestion that she did not merit being ­employed in the new position.

Coalition sources also said Mr Joyce’s former chief of staff Diana Hallam was close with Mr Joyce’s wife Natalie and ultimately quit her job over the Deputy Prime Minister’s refusal to deal with the inappropriate relationship and the dysfunction it had caused inside the office.

The Daily Telegraph understands Mr Joyce’s senior Nationals colleagues became aware in February last year about the affair with 33-year-old Ms Campion, his former media adviser and a former Daily Telegraph journalis

Ms Campion had initially been sent from the office of former NSW Nationals Deputy Premier Troy Grant to work in Mr Joyce’s New England campaign in 2016 as a media adviser.

He took her to Canberra shortly afterwards.

There were reports yesterday that Mr Joyce and Ms Campion could often be seen smoking together in the secluded Parliament House garden.

Mr Joyce, 50, confirmed the breakdown of his 24-year marriage to Ms Joyce, the mother of his four children, during the debate over same-sex marriage last year.

A spokeswoman for Mr Canavan declined to comment on “employment matters relating to any staff member”.

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Ms Campion subsequently moved to the office of chief Nationals whip Damian Drum, remaining employed until the pre-Christmas ­reshuffle when she received a severance package after Mr Drum was promoted.

There has been no replacement in the social media role in Senator Canavan’s office.

However, government source confirmed to the Telegraph that Ms Campion had received a promotion when she joined his office.

Government MPs claim Mr Joyce’s personal situation was behind the “vindictive” ministerial reshuffle that saw colleagues who he believed had been gossiping about his affair dumped or overlooked, straining his relationship with the Prime Minister’s office.

The Daily Telegraph’s revelation of the affair on Tuesday even moved crossbench MPs yesterday to contemplate following the US House of Representatives in explic­itly prohibiting relationships between elected members and “any employees of the House that works under (their supervision)”.

There is a belief the Parliament is behind community expectations and corporate practice,” independent MP Cathy McGowan said. “The Parliament is a place of work, and good workplace practice includes clear expectations about behaviour.”

Ms McGowan is backed by Queensland MP Bob Katter, who told Sky News: “I support the spirit of it most certainly and I think maybe I’ll vote for it. You’re in such an enormously influential position with staff.”

But senior Labor spokesman Mark Dreyfus this morning said legislating a ban was “fraught with difficulty”.

“I do think sex in the office is ­always going to present problems, but whether we need to legislate is quite another question,” he said.

Rumours of the affair had circulated Parliament House for months, with Labor treasury spokesman Chris Bowen on Wednesday declining to comment on the scandal ­“despite the fact it’s been well-known in this building”.


Julie Bishop thinks its no one business... REALLY!

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Some Independent female MP is calling for sex in Parliament to be banned. Is that what they do when nobody is watching?

Sex could be banned in Parliament House and relationships between politicians and staff prohibited under a proposal being mulled by crossbench MPs.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal ... 4yzpo.html

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I wonder how the yanks plan to police that???? especially the presidents office.. should be interesting..

what a joke.....

sadly for me this case is not a joke and even less so for his wife and 4 girls I would imagine....

this person was corrupt before his bye election it was all hushed up... disgraceful....why is despicable male behavior hushed up???? dont tell me the press didnt know about something that was common knowledge in his office...I just wont believe it...

he was given special treatment...treating his electorates as mushrooms...... what they dont know wont hurt them....

well yes it does......this man has proved he has no loyalty or morals or ethics....

the fact all this has been covered up for many months is shows what a gutless person barnaby is....

I am sorry if anyone believes he is Deputy PM material.

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A SECOND new job was created specifically for Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s girlfriend in the Chief National Whip’s office, after she lost the first role created for her when her boss, Resources Minister Matt Canavan, resigned from Cabinet over his Italian citizenship.

The Prime Minister authorised the creation of a job for Mr Joyce’s now-pregnant girlfriend Vikki Campion in Senator Canavan’s office and also condoned her move to the office of Nationals Chief Whip Damian Drum.

Ms Campion, 33, joined Mr Drum’s office as a media adviser, despite the fact he already had one.


Damian Drum already had a media adviser before the appointment of Ms Campion to his office.
A senior government source familiar with the arrangement confirmed to The Saturday Telegraph that Mr Drum’s staff allocation was increased from six to seven to find room for Ms Campion.

The position was not advertised to other candidates.

The senior government source said that the increase in staffing allocation and the appointment of Ms Campion had been authorised by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

In response to questions, Mr Turnbull’s spokesman said that “All staffing appointments­ were made in the usual way”.

Under the parliamentary rules, any increase in staffing allocation needs to be authorised by Mr Turnbull or his office.

A whip may only employ a person as a member of staff according to arrangements approved by the Prime Minister and subject to such conditions as are determined by the Prime Minister,” the Ministerial and Parliamentary Services protocol states.

Mr Turnbull has declined to answer questions about his involvement in Ms Campion’s job promotion, saying only: “I am not aware of any inappropriate expenditure of public funds.”

He also avoided answering questions about whether he provided counsel to Mr Joyce when he discovered the affair, and whether he advised the Deputy Prime Minister to move Ms Campion out of his office.

Mr Drum already had a “personal” media adviser working for him, Callum Whitehead, on a junior level classification of less than $80,000, when Ms Campion moved to the Whip’s office. She is understood to have retained her six-figure salary and senior adviser classification in the move.



and so the PLOT THICKENS.....no wonder they are all so quiet...

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She is 7 months pregnant so this has been going on for a while.

Jobs get created all the time in a Minister's Office, they do in the APS too. It is quite common to earn a 6 figure salary. Everyone knows what everybody earns once you know their "level". Check the Gazette. https://www.apsjobs.gov.au/index.aspx

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She is 7 months pregnant so this has been going on for a while.

Jobs get created all the time in a Minister's Office, they do in the APS too. It is quite common to earn a 6 figure salary. Everyone knows what everybody earns once you know their "level". Check the Gazette. https://www.apsjobs.gov.au/index.aspx

the job with Sen Cavanas she got 15 months ago because of the I would think of unpleasantness in Joyces office with their behavior....so its been going on for a long time.......she was also pregnant when he ran for his re election... very much a cheater..

as for the pay yes we are aware of how the bizarre system works in the Public service.....but seriously how good is she at this "JOB" that she get two positions created for her???...all at our expense of course......without losing a thing....do you think it may have domething to do with sleeping with the DEPUTY PM?

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I hope she has given up smoking! I read that both of them smoke and were seen out in the "private courtyard" at Parliament House having a ciggie, many times a day. A good enough excuse to start an affair, I guess.

I have no idea about her job/s. Maybe she was having an affair with whoever created the first job for her? Certain females in the APS "sleep their way to the top" too, I understand. Some men are apparently easily persuaded, especially the ugly, fat, old ones ...

Joyce is the Deputy PM because he is the head of the National Party. It is "tradition" that that position becomes Deputy PM when the Coalition is in Government.

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Apparently her father has said a few words ....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... alive.html

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at least I know know what the silly old goose said....I didnt understand a word before he doesnt sound the full quid....and if he hasnt spoken to her in years???? then he seriously doesnt have a right to speak now... I dont think.. anyway this isnt about him
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'this is about INTEGRITY

do we demand INTEGRITY from our Pollies or dont WE?

if not we may as well elect people like Donald Trump or Geoffrey Edelsten

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Channel 7 obviously "found" the father and went along and shoved a microphone in his face .....