Three times Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, from 2016 to 2017, 2017 - 2018, and from 2021 - 2022. Mr Joyce has a career spaning over 20 years serving Australia as a Federal Member of Parliament.
Mr Joyce is the only Member of Parliament that has served in the Australian Senate (elect in 2004) successfully moving into a House of Representatives seat (elect in 2013), securing the seat of New England and retaining the seat through to the 2025 election with a 17.2% two party preferred margin.
Barnaby has served as the Minister for Agriculture (2013 - 2015), Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (2015 - 2017), Minister for Resources and Northern Australia (2017), Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (2017 - 2018) and Shadow Minister for Veteran Affairs (2022 - 2025).
much-reported decisions to cross the floor 28 times during his career made him both hero and villain but overwhelmingly respected by his constituency as a conviction politician. Barnaby has also become one of the most quoted politicians in Australia.
Barnaby's early career was as a small business accountant based in St George.