Joyce also apologised to the voters of New England, who returned him to Canberra with a positive swing late last year. Two media outlets overnight reported that there were allegations Joyce behaved inappropriately at a rural women’s dinner in 2011. On Tuesday morning, the shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, declared Joyce’s position had become increasingly untenable, and he predicted the deputy prime minister would not make it to next week, when he is due to be acting prime minister while Turnbull is overseas. Joyce has also not been specific about when his relationship with Campion began. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the GuardianIn his written statement on Tuesday, Joyce characterised his relationship with Campion in the following terms.

Source: The Guardian February 13, 2018 00:22 UTC