Barnaby Joyce

Senator for Queensland
Incumbent
In office since	9 October 2004
Succeeded by	Incumbent (2010)
Born	17 April 1967 Tamworth, New South Wales
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Religion	Roman Catholic

Barnaby Thomas Gerald Joyce (born 17 April 1967), Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Queensland since July 2005. He is a member of the National Party of Australia. Joyce was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, and was brought up in Danglemah. One of six children from a sheep-and-cattle farming family, he attended St Ignatius' College, Riverview, in Sydney. His father, James Joyce, was a New Zealander who moved to Australia to study veterinary science at Sydney University where he met Barnaby's mother, Marie, and they made their living as farmers. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... Tamworth is the largest town in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Saint Ignatius College, Riverview is a Roman Catholic day school and boarding school for boys, aged between 10 - 18 years. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. ...

Joyce graduated with a commerce degree from the University of New England in Armidale, and served in the Australian Army Reserve from 1994 to 1999. At university Joyce met his future wife, Natalie, who is part Lebanese. His parents were opposed to the marriage and no one from his family attended the 1993 wedding. After graduating, Joyce moved around northern New South Wales and Queensland, and at one point worked as a bouncer. Joyce worked in the Accounting Profession before entering Parliament and is a FCPA (Fellow of CPA Australia). The Joyces have four daughters and now live in St George in western Queensland, where Joyce had an accounting business. The University of New England can refer to: University of New England, Maine, in Biddeford, Maine University of New England, Australia, in New South Wales, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Armidale (population 22,000) is a university and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre for the New England region. ... Following the federation of Australia in 1901, the six colonial militias were merged to form a national reserve army. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A doorman (more commonly referred to as a bouncer) is a term for a person who deals with the general security of a bar, pub or nightclub. ... CPA Australia is one of two professional accounting societies in Australia, the other being the Institute of Chartered Accountants. ... St George is a town of approximately 3800 people in south-western Queensland, Australia. ...

A Roman Catholic, Joyce served as President (1998-2004) of the St George branch of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. He holds conservative views on most moral and social issues. He took offence at a pamphlet put out by Family First Party campaigners, which identified brothels, masonic lodges, mosques, and Hindu and Buddhist temples as "strongholds of Satan", and said that he did not want the preferences of such a party. Joyce criticised the party, calling them "the lunatic Right", and saying that "these are not the sort of people you do preference deals with". Nonetheless he gained office with preference flows from Family First Party. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... St George is a town of approximately 3800 people in south-western Queensland, Australia. ... The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is an international organization of Roman Catholic lay men and women of all ages, whose primary mission is to help the poor and less fortunate. ... The Family First Party is a political party in Australia. ... The Masonic Square and Compasses. ... The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Pakistan with an iwan at center, three domes, and five visible minarets A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... Hinduism (Sanskrit: , , also known as , ) is a religion that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found in Sarnath, near Varanasi. ... Gustave Dorés depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan from Hebrew for accuser (Standard Hebrew: , Satan Tiberian Hebrew ; Koine Greek: , Satanás; Aramaic: , ; Arabic: , , Slavic Сатана) is a term with its origins in the Abrahamic faiths which is traditionally applied to an angel. ... A how-to-vote card from the Australian federal election of 2004, showing voters how to fill in the squares on the ballot paper if they wish to vote for the Liberal Party of Australia. ...

Senator

Joyce was elected to the Senate in the parliamentary election held on 9 October 2004. His term will run until June 2011 unless there is a double dissolution election in the meantime. Joyce, regained the seat which the Nationals lost to the One Nation Party in 1998, defeating the One Nation Senator Len Harris. The Liberals won three seats in Queensland, making this the first time since the enlargement of the Senate in 1984 that a party or coalition had won four of the six available Senate seats from a single state. Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:Ac. ... One Nation is a conservative, nationalist and protectionist political group in Australia. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Len Harris was the sole One Nation Party representative to ever gain a seat in the Australian Parliament, representing the state of Queensland. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Joyce won 6.5 percent of the vote on first preferences (see Australian electoral system), well short of the 14.3 percent required for election, but made up for lost ground by the flow of second preferences from eliminated candidates of the Family First and One Nation parties, as well as from the independent candidate, Pauline Hanson. The count attracted considerable media attention because Joyce's election contributed to the ruling Coalition government having control of the senate for the first time since 1981, a result that few political commentators had expected. A how-to-vote card from the Australian federal election of 2004, showing voters how to fill in the squares on the ballot paper if they wish to vote for the Liberal Party of Australia. ... The Family First Party is a political party in Australia. ... One Nation is a conservative, nationalist and protectionist political group in Australia. ... Pauline Hanson in Dancing With The Stars Pauline Lee Hanson (born May 27, 1954) is a controversial retired Australian politician who was the leader of One Nation Party, a party with a staunch nativist platform. ... The Coalition in Australian politics refers to the grouping of two political parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922, with only brief breaks (e. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Although Joyce is a member of the ruling Coalition, he said before taking his seat in July 2005 that he would not be a cipher and that the government should not take his support for granted. In particular, he expressed misgivings about the government's proposed sale of Telstra, the partially state-owned telecommunications company, and said that he might vote against the sale unless he and the rest of the party were satisfied that its service in rural areas was adequate and that privatization would not adversely affect it. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications company under joint public/private ownership, holding a dominant position in landline telephone services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite and... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Joyce's maiden speech to the Senate on August 16, 2005, was widely reported in the Queensland media. He expressed his desire to see the power of Australia's retailing duopoly, Coles Myer and Woolworths Limited, reduced so as to protect small business and consumer rights. He also espoused the virtues of free enterprise, particularly at the small business and family-owned business level. As well, having earlier told a Right to Life Conference in July that his greatest goal in public life was to ban "the unfortunate carnage" of abortion, he used his first speech to identify abortion as the "slavery debate of our time". A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Woolworths Limited, or Woolies (as it is colloquially known) is a large Australian retail corporation. ... A small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees. ... Consumer protection is government regulation to protect the interests of consumers, for example by requiring businesses to disclose detailed information about products, particularly in areas where safety or public health is an issue, such as food. ... Free Enterprise is am economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control; and determined in a free market. ...

On 17 August 2005 the Government announced a package of $3 billion to improve telecommunications services in regional and rural areas. On the basis of this, the National Party, including Joyce, agreed to support the sale of Telstra. This led the Labor Party to label Joyce "Backdown Barney" and "Barnaby Rubble" in an acrimonious parliamentary debate. Joyce voted with the Government in the Senate on 14 September 2005, to sell the Government's remaining share of Telstra. The actual sale will go through at a date yet to be determined. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Senator Joyce crossed the floor to vote with the ALP and minor parties on 11 October 2005 on two motions concerning the Trade Practices Act 1974. Although both motions were lost 32-32, it was the first time since 1986 that a Government Senator has crossed the floor. The Trade Practices Act 1974 is an act of the Parliament of Australia. ... In politics, crossing the floor is to vote against party lines. ...

Joyce also said that he would not support the Government's "Voluntary Student Unionism" Bill banning the levying of compulsory service or amenity fees by universities without amendment because he believed it would unfairly disadvantage regional universities. However, Joyce was unsuccessful in his attempt to amend the bill, and subsequently crossed the floor on 9 December 2005 to oppose it. This was ultimately futile as the Government had secured the vote of Family First Senator Steve Fielding. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Family First Party is a political party in Australia. ... Steven Fielding (born 17 October 1960), Australian politician , is parliamentary leader of the Family First Party. ...

In May 2006 Joyce promoted mining of Antarctica (mining is banned under the Antarctic Treaty). Joyce justified his proposal by saying: For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ...

There's minerals there, there's gold, there's iron ore, there's coal, there's huge fish resources and what you have to ask is: 'Do I turn my head and allow another country to exploit my resource ... or do I position myself in such a way as I'm going to exploit it myself before they get there'."

The Federal Government has warned Joyce that Australia could lose one or two major oil companies should he succeed in plans to block the deregulation of the oil industry.^[1] Deregulation is the process by which governments remove restrictions on business in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets. ... The Oil industry brings to market what is currently considered the lifeblood of nearly all other industry, if not industrialized civilization itself. ...

On 9 October 2006, Joyce appeared on the ABC television comedy show The Glass House. October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Glass House is a half-hour Australian comedy talk show, screening on Wednesday nights and repeated late nights on Saturday on the ABC. It is hosted by stand-up comedian Wil Anderson, and co-hosted by fellow television and radio comedians Corinne Grant and Dave Hughes. ...

References

1. ^ Mark Metherell. "Senator accused of endangering oil giants", Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-05-16.

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External links

Wikinews has news related to:

Key Australian senator Barnaby Joyce crosses floor for first time

• Joyce digs in for keeps to set up Telstra fund (Sydney Morning Herald, August 1 2005)
• Barnaby Joyce profile (The Age, April 16 2005)
• Joyce stands by Telstra vote (7.30 Report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 14 2005)
• Barnaby Joyce's official Senate home page - includes transcript of maiden speech
• Barnaby promotes mining of Antarctica