to be joyce's pregnant vicki campion campion used to be to be joyce's media adviser after the story broke the deputy prime minister had to admit to the affair also to his wife who he was a strange from but they've been married for twenty four years and he's four daughters so it was news to them as well barnaby joyce came out and said look this is a private matter between me and my family please treated as such but it seems to merge that they could be used to misconduct around here because often vicki campion left ivana b. joyce's office she went to work for two of his ministerial colleagues in high paying jobs all while the affair was allegedly taking place the relegation shit wasn't declared as is required by the ministerial code of conduct and bonamy joyce says that's because when she was working for me and for my colleagues we weren't pot is at the time but we are now so that's leading to questions as to whether he is really telling the truth and it's also put the code of conduct in a bit of a gray area what constitutes a pot so that could be why the prime minister has banned six betwe

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error as he put it over his affair with a former member of staff, his former media adviser, vikki campionre and prompt of the prime minister officially to ban sex between ministers and their staff. there was a war of words over that between the two of them but barnaby joyce now confirming he is stepping down as leader of the national party and as deputy prime minister. more on that from our correspondent very shortly. hopes of stopping the bloodbath in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta, even temporarily, may be slipping away. attempts at the united nations to secure a ceasefire have stalled. russian diplomats say there's no agreement and western diplomats say this delay gives syrian government forces more time to attack the rebel—held area. dozens more people have been killed in a fifth day of strikes, which have already killed hundreds. this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. it does contain graphic images. more air strikes, more bombs and more casualties. it is not letting up. across eastern ghouta, rescue workers sprint into broken and burning buildings before the dust