Frantic moment Barnaby Joyce scrambles to put on his mask in Parliament – just weeks after he was fined $200 for not wearing a face covering
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was caught on camera scrambling to put on his mask after forgetting to wear it in Parliament.
With Covid-19 ravaging Sydney and Brisbane, MPs are being asked to wear masks when they are ‘not participating in debate’ in the House of Representatives in Canberra.
Just before Question Time began at 2pm on Wednesday, Mr Joyce was seen laughing and chatting with a colleague without wearing his face covering.
As Prime Minister Scott Morrison stood up to answer his first question, Mr Joyce appeared to have been reminded of the rules and frantically scrambled to retrieve his mask from his jacket pocket before putting it on.
Leader of the Nationals Barnaby Joyce poses for a photograph with partner Vikki Campion and sons Sebastian and Thomas after being sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister by Australia’s Governor General David Hurley at Government House on June 22
Just five weeks ago Mr Joyce revealed he was fined by New South Wales Police for failing to wear a mask, in what he called a ‘funny story’.
The Nationals leader was reported by a member of the public while filling up at a petrol station in Armidale, in northern NSW.
The local resident called Crime Stoppers to report 54-year-old after he was inside the store for less than a minute.
Officers checked the petrol station’s CCTV and later issued the $200 penalty.
Just before Question Time began at 2pm on Wednesday, Mr Joyce (pictured left) was seen laughing and chatting with a colleague without wearing his face covering
Mr Joyce called his brief Covid breach a ‘funny story’ when he relayed it to Alan Jones on Sky News.
‘You’ll like this story. I went into the Caltex service station. I was going to the airport. I forgot to get fuel for Biggie, fill the car up with fuel,’ he said.
‘Went in, 30 seconds later… two hundred bucks it cost me because I didn’t wear one of these. That’s life.’
NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Gary Worboys said the fine was a warning to the public that no one was above the law.
Mr Joyce called his brief Covid breach a ‘funny story’ when he relayed it to Alan Jones on Sky News (pictured)
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