Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has apologised for calling Prime Minister Scott Morrison a “hypocrite and a liar” in a leaked text message. But he said Australians cared more about geopolitical tensions, the pandemic, and infringements on religious freedom than the “intrigues of Canberra” which consumed news media reporting in the country this week. Speaking to reporters in Sydney on Feb. 5, Joyce took full accountability for the texts while suggesting the media and political class cared more about themselves than the general public, who are more concerned about Russia and China. “The Australian people … have no real interest in some of the intrigues of Canberra to the extent that we’re interested in them. What they’re interested in is their future,” Joyce said. “What they’re terribly concerned about, and interested in, is such things as what China and Russia are agreeing to at the moment,” he added, referring …
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