Australian deputy Prime Minister and national party leader Barnaby Joyce will step down from the roles, as his party investigates an allegation of sexual harassment which he denies.
Mr Joyce was in Armidale, in the New South Wales New England region on Friday to advise that he will throw open the leadership at a meeting in Canberra at 8am on Monday.
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