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Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister turned fringe minor party MP, Barnaby Joyce sent shockwaves of horror through the inner-west of Sydney and inner-north of Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Standing on his back patio on a bitter New England winter evening, Barnaby Joyce had the red hue of a man that has spent that vast majority of his working life dealing with major personal catastrophes of his own design.
After ascending to Deputy Prime Minister on four seperate occasions under two different Liberal leaders, the Australian voters understand why this man drinks so much.
Maybe it's because of his drinking that these things happen, or maybe the drinking helps him manage the fall-out. Nobody will ever know if it's the chicken or the egg.
From his surprised Kiwi citizenship, to an unplanned pregnancy out of wedlock, to countless factional resignations - his career has been littered with major interruptions.
But it was on Tuesday night, as Joyce was attempting to answer very difficult questions on the public broadcaster's ABC 7.30 about his party leader Pauline Hanson and his party's billionaire patron Gina Rinehart - when he was interrupted again.
This time it was his dog, Stella, that interrupted him.
Without any impulse control, The Member For New England let fly with an explosive 'SIDDOWN!' halfway through a sentence.
Australia's city vs country divide has never been more evident, as the RSPCA can now report tens of thousands of anonymous tip offs from the light rail belt of Sydney.
While anyone who has been west of a metropolitan car dealership would be familiar with this this kind of disciplinary tone, inner-city ABC audiences were left speechless by this inhumane cruelty.
The same voters who think it is perfectly fine to enter a cafe or restuarant with an undisciplined 60 kilogram Labrador that they impulsively purchased during the pandemic and have since home in a terrace house courtyard, are calling for Barnaby Joyce to be dragged before the Supreme Court.
MORE TO COME.
