What an embarrassment Barnaby Joyce’s 7.30 appearance on 23 July was – all bluster and no substance.
He railed against the “insanity” of net zero and whipped up “regional fury,” yet his only concrete action—a private member’s bill to scrap net zero by 2050—offers no credible alternative, just reckless populism. It’s nothing more that a feeble attempt to make himself relevant.
Joyce seems to have forgotten that at the recent election it was a Labor landslide. 94-43 – with the Nationals a mere 15…..
Let than sink in!!! They are totally irrelevant… and he knows it – thus the theatrics.
Joyce loves to pose as the lone voice for the bush, but when pressed for detail, he dodges, deflects, and plays the victim. He rails against “salacious” media while ignoring his own unresolved controversies and a long history of destabilising his party.
This isn’t leadership—it’s self-serving brinkmanship. Regional Australians deserve investment, energy security and a real plan for the future, not empty fury and a destructive bill designed to drag Australia backwards.
It’s time voters and the media demanded more than noise from Barnaby Joyce.
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