Photo GettyThe Turnbull government needs to move on from the furore surrounding Barnaby Joyce, who "clearly" doesn't plan on going anywhere, cabinet minister Mathias Cormann says. When it was put to him that Mr Joyce was not going anywhere, Senator Cormann replied: "That is clearly what he is saying". WA Nationals state leader Mia Davies issued a statement on Tuesday telling Mr Joyce, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, to go. Mr Joyce pointing out that WA didn't have any federal MPs and that the eastern states, which had more "skin in the game", supported him. "Further commentary on this issue in the public domain is unhelpful," the NSW branch said in a statement.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 20, 2018 21:11 UTC