Ruston Scolds Media Over Porter Coverage

Ruston Scolds Media Over Porter Coverage
Australia's Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, March 24, 2020.Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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A senior Australian government minister believes comments by Barnaby Joyce urging an independent inquiry into an alleged historic rape by Christian Porter are out of frustration because of the “farcical” way it is playing out in the media.

Joyce, a Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister, has backed calls for an independent inquiry, saying many of his colleagues want Porter’s “head on a plate.”