#AUSTRALIA: Deputy PM "On Leave" Following Revelation Of Affair With Aide; PM To Revamp Ethics Code

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will act to prohibit sex between ministers and their staff, after it was revealed his deputy Prime Minister had an affair with a former staffer. In a press briefing, he condemned Barnaby Joyce for a "shocking error of judgement"and said Joyce will take a leave of absence this week amid scrutiny over whether he breached ministerial standards. While no rules were broken, Turnbull said he would overhaul the "truly deficient" ministerial code of conduct.

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#AUSTRALIA: Dep. PM Barnaby Joyce Easily Wins By-Election Triggered By Dual-Citizenship Crisis

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Australia’s deputy prime minister has easily won a crucial by-election triggered by a dual-citizenship crisis that threatened the ruling coalition’s grip on power. Barnaby Joyce’s emphatic re-election in the poll brought relief to a government that lost its slim parliamentary majority over the citizenship saga, and as it battled falling voter support and internal division.

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