Australia politics live news: Barnaby Joyce to be new deputy PM after Nationals spill; NSW reports two new Covid cases

This government had just two jobs this year. They had to roll out the vaccine, and they had to fix national quarantine.

Now instead of rolling out the vaccine to the Australian people, they just concentrated on rolling each other.

The rolling of Michael McCormack, a decent human being, by Barnaby Joyce, represents the sixth combination of prime minister and deputy prime minister under the eight long years of this government.

It’s a vote of no confidence in their own government. And the fact is if you want to end this circus, it’s time to end this government. I’ve seen governments be self-indulgent before and get punished. This is a government that is being self-indulgent at a time of the pandemic.

The last time there was a spill was in the middle of the bushfire crisis. This time it’s in the middle of a pandemic.