Flat Out
Peter Broelman
In February Nationals MP and former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was filmed lying on a footpath in a busy Canberra restaurant district talking on his phone. Joyce said he had made the mistake of drinking while on prescription medication.
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