In the lead-up to the 2022 federal election, then-Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce stood next to his car on the side of a busy highway in his electorate of New England to take a phone call when he was spotted by one of his constituents.
The man, who was driving a white four-wheel drive, reportedly did an abrupt U-turn, made a beeline for the vehicle and appeared set to ram it, before getting out and allegedly hurling abuse at Joyce’s Australian Federal Police security detail, as well as the MP himself.
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