Joyce Barnaby will be returning to the position of Deputy prime Minister of Australia, after the sudden leadership contest.
Mr Joyce managed to defeat his counter-part Michael McCormack in a party vote on Monday.
Why?
This is due to the increased interest by a number of local representatives over the influence of their party in climate change policies.
The party that stands up for the interests of the farmers and rural voters currently has 21 members in the ruling coalition in the council.
Last week, members of the National Party opposed to the government’s announcements that it was on its way to zero net-carbon emissions target by 2050.
G7 Summit Commitments
At the G7 summit last week, the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison had shown a growing support for this purpose.
Mr McCormack’s critics said that he was not sufficiently aggressive about his own National Party in the coalition.
This set the stage for a leadership contest, in which Mr Joyce has reportedly won by a narrow margin.
He is expected to push for changes to the coalition agreement.
About Barnaby Joyce
A well-known figure in Australian politics, Mr. Joyce has previously led the National Party from 2016 to 2018, but he was forced to resign after public pressure over his extramarital affair with a staffer.
“I don’t want to dwell on the personal, except to say, hopefully one learns from their mistakes and makes a better person of themselves,” Mr Joyce told reporters on Monday.
Joyce Barnaby’s return to the second-hughest post in Australia’s politics is distinctive, and not only because it is that makes his political comeback, but also because it speaks volumes about the mood within the National Party.
