By Jeremy Sollars
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has visited Warwick today where he officially opened the new Palmerin Street office of Federal Maranoa MP David Littleproud and toured the John Dee export beef abattoir.
Along with a number of other federal politicians Mr Joyce is embroiled in a controversy over dual citizenship, with the High Court set to decide his and other cases in a sitting scheduled to start on 10 October in Canberra.
He told media in Warwick today he remains “confident but not over-confident” about advice from the Commonwealth Solicitor-General that he is not required to stand aside or resign from his position at this point and would await the outcome of the High Court ruling.
He also said he would await the outcome of five separate investigations – including a Senate inquiry – into allegations of water theft and meter tampering in the Murray-Darling Basin, again stopping short of calling for a full Federal Government investigation into the claims first raised by the ABC’s Four Corners program last month.
Mr Joyce praised Mr Littleproud for his efforts for Maranoa during his first term in office and hinted that “big things” could lie ahead for our local member.
