The Nationals have been criticised in the media for harming the government by failing to check their candidates were not foreign citizens. “We won the last election because the National party didn’t go backwards, we actually went forwards,” he said. Joyce said he was not at odds with the government’s position, joking that he has got “the joy” of being “less employed”. I’m not the deputy prime minister, I’m not a minister, I’m not in cabinet.”Joyce said there were many suggested constitutional reforms to deal with, citing Labor’s support for a referendum on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. The high court unanimously held that Joyce held New Zealand citizenship by descent from his father, who was born in Dunedin.

Source: The Guardian October 29, 2017 22:18 UTC