The Turnbull government's future could come down to 110,000 people near Tamworth

By Damien Murphy
Updated August 17 2017 - 12:48am, first published 12:42am
Barry Cotten in front of his house in Woolbrook,  which lies in Barnaby Joyce's electorate of New England in NSW. 16th August 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett
Barry Cotten in front of his house in Woolbrook, which lies in Barnaby Joyce's electorate of New England in NSW. 16th August 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett
Garry Fairley, chef and baker, and Suesann Long, publican, at The Walcha Road Hotel, which lies in Barnaby Joyce's electorate of New England in NSW. 16th August 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett
Garry Fairley, chef and baker, and Suesann Long, publican, at The Walcha Road Hotel, which lies in Barnaby Joyce's electorate of New England in NSW. 16th August 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett
GW/SMH.  Portrait of leader of the Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce for a story by Frank Robson.  Photographed on his parents property about 55kms from Tamworth.  Pic by Nic Walker.  Date 29th April 2016.
GW/SMH. Portrait of leader of the Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce for a story by Frank Robson. Photographed on his parents property about 55kms from Tamworth. Pic by Nic Walker. Date 29th April 2016.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce visits a farm near Merriwa, during a day of campaigning in southern parts of his New England electorate, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce visits a farm near Merriwa, during a day of campaigning in southern parts of his New England electorate, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Around Tamworth wags are saying they knew Barnaby Joyce had a dual personality but everybody knew his father Jim was a Kiwi and locals heard he had checked it out. None can believe that amid all his customary bluster and blather he would be dumb enough to have dual citizenship.

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