Parliament could consider a ban on sex between MPs and their staffers in the wake of the Barnaby Joyce affair, after independent MP Cathy McGowan said Canberra had fallen behind business and community expectations.
A day after it was revealed the deputy Prime Minister was expecting a child with former staffer Vikki Campion, the Nationals leader faced allegations he had been distracted by the relationship and had shown poor political judgment over a controversial December ministerial reshuffle.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
