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Tissue Issue

Scott Morrison sits next to Barnaby Joyce at the 'Backbench Bar'. In response to Morrison crying, Joyce says, 'I don't hold a tissue, mate'.

Scott Morrison’s declaration that he didn’t hold a hose continues to find fertile ground. After a change of leadership in both the Liberal and the National parties, the former prime minister was joined on the back bench by the former deputy prime minister.