WATCH: Barnaby Joyce Cops An Absolute Pizzling On Q&A Over Mining

Ah, the special edition Q&A. Those proud moments when they pull the show out of its inner Sydney enclave and force the crowd to address people that aren’t inner west self-confessed politics junkies, Liberals from north of the Bridge or University of Sydney students.
Last night, it was in Tamworth.
You’d think Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce would feel comfortable addressing people in a regional centre like Tamworth, but that wasn’t the case. The other panellists basically sat there and swallowed lowball questions as poor oldmate Barnaby copped it repeatedly from a fired up audience.
The big issue on the agenda? Mining. Joyce gets a lot of heat in regional New South Wales for being a perceived sellout on coal seam gas mining – with the general wisdom being that he has left behind his Nationals farming constituency in the name of supporting big mining.
One questioner demanded to know why he wasn’t stepping in to stop mining as happened with sand mining on Fraser Island.

Sweat, my dude, sweat. His independent challenger for the seat of New England, Tony Windsor, was probably absolutely loving it as the interrogations continued – on mining, the NBN health, and corruption.

Alright, Barnaby. Ya can’t say you weren’t warned about all this.
Source: Q&A / Twitter.
Photo: Q&A.

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