bunny both have pleaded not guilty. australia's embattled deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has resigned after revelations of an affair with a former staff member joyce will step down from the cabinet but will remain in parliament safeguarding the government's one seat majority joyce who had campaigned on family values and left his marriage of twenty four years and is expecting a child with his former media secretary he also faces the former sexual her of formal sorry sexual harassment complaint which he which has been referred to the police now the scandal led to a falling out with the prime minister malcolm turnbull but i will say is that on monday morning at the party room i will step down as the leader of the national party and deputy prime minister of the stroke now of an informed the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this i've been for my colleagues. of this and there are a couple of other things that i'd like to clearly say the i want to thank the people of new england i'm so humbled that the day to day was whilst walking round the. table and i don't want to. either sneaking suspicion some and inviting b