Deputy PM resigns as pressure over relationship with former staffer Vikki Campion is followed by separate allegation of sexual harassment • Timeline: how Joyce’s fate was sealedBarnaby Joyce has announced his resignation as Nationals leader and deputy prime minister of Australia after weeks of fallout over his affair with a former staffer and now partner,Vikki Campion, who is pregnant with his child.
Joyce saw his support diminish after the revelation on Thursday night that a sexual harassment complaint had been made against him to the country-based National party, and the junior partner in the ruling Liberal-National Coalition.
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Source: guardian.co.uk