00:00 So, Nationals leader David Littleproud has strongly encouraged Barnaby Joyce to take
00:08 some personal leave and this comes after an incident one night late last week.
00:13 Mr Joyce was filmed lying on the ground.
00:16 It's up to Barnaby now if he wants to take that time but we strongly encourage him to
00:19 do that so that I had comfort that he could continue to contribute constructively to our
00:26 message to the Australian people.
00:29 So, David Littleproud says it would be a good course of action for Mr Joyce to take leave
00:36 but it's not clear whether he will accept that offer and Mr Littleproud says it's also
00:41 up to Mr Joyce if he does accept that offer just how much leave he would take.
00:46 But they've put it down to family reasons as well, Mr Littleproud says, as well as this
00:51 mix of prescription drugs and alcohol that there was a family incident at play here and
00:58 for personal circumstances they're keeping that private for the moment too.
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