Overview
- Sky News reported that Barnaby Joyce allegedly entered Nationals whip Michelle Landry’s office before Question Time and yelled at a staffer after being asked to complete a leave form for a funeral.
- The matter was raised with the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service on Thursday morning and the complaints process is under way.
- Joyce issued a statement saying he denies the allegation and respects the PWSS process now in train.
- Landry’s office and Nationals leader David Littleproud’s office declined to comment, citing the PWSS process, and senior senator Bridget McKenzie also deferred to the trained, confidential mechanism.
- Yahoo News reported that a formal complaint was expected to be lodged with the newly established Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission.