Joyce to take leave after 'shocking error'

By Angus Livingston and Paul Osborne
Updated February 15 2018 - 6:38pm, first published 6:34pm
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has survived a push to force him to quit.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has survived a push to force him to quit.
Barnaby Joyce will take leave next week and won't be acting PM, Malcolm Turnbull has announced.
Barnaby Joyce will take leave next week and won't be acting PM, Malcolm Turnbull has announced.

Malcolm Turnbull has told Barnaby Joyce to "consider his position" during his leave next week as the prime minister relieved him of duties as the nation's acting leader.

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