Australia’s prime minister has banned his ministers from having sex with staff as his deputy battled for political survival over revelations that he is expecting a baby with a former press secretary. Australia’s prime minister has banned his ministers from having sex with staff as his deputy battled for political survival over revelations that he is expecting a baby with a former press secretary. “He has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us,” Mr Turnbull told reporters. Motions to have Mr Joyce fired were defeated in the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. I accept that and that is the price of a political life,” Mr Joyce said in his first speech in parliament discussing the relationship since the reports surfaced.

Source: Irish Independent February 15, 2018 09:45 UTC