‘I’m on a prescription drug’: Barnaby Joyce explains Canberra footpath incident

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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has attributed the incident, where he was filmed lying on a Canberra footpath, to mixing a “prescription drug” with alcohol during a TV appearance on Sunrise. Footage: Sunrise.

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00:00 Obviously, you know, I made a big mistake. There's no excuse for it. There's a reason.

00:06 And, you know, this is a very eventful walk home, wasn't it? So anyway, that's,

00:11 you know, I should have followed the, I'm on a prescription drug and they say certain things

00:19 may happen to you if you drink and they were absolutely 100% right. They did. Well, I'm not

00:26 looking for sympathy and I'm not looking for an excuse. I'll just stand by that. What I said is

00:32 what I said. I came back. I sat on a planter box. I fell off and I was videotaped. There you go.

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