Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce’s Promised Policies 22/06/21

Published: June 21, 2021, 3 p.m.

A new coal-fired power station and an exemption for farmers from emissions reductions are the changes Nationals behind the latest leadership coup want Barnaby Joyce to fight for as Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister. Queensland health authorities are investigating whether a quarantine worker transmitted the COVID-19 virus, from an infected person staying at Brisbane’s Four Points Hotel to another guest on a different floor. Organised crime gangs have been using “largely unregulated” food delivery services to transport drugs to customers during the coronavirus pandemic. A 75-year-old Queensland woman has slept in her wheelchair 100 out of the last 162 nights because she’s too old for the NDIS and can’t afford a carer to help her into bed. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at couriermail.com.au. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.