Deputy Prime Minister Sympathetic to Federal Government Funding Mining Industry

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 23, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Barnaby Joyce is sympathetic to Resources Minister Keith Pitt’s call for the federal government to become a financier of last resort for mining.

The Nationals remain locked in negotiations with the Liberals for a target of net zero emissions by 2050 weeks out from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.