First pictures of Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion’s baby Sebastian
THE first image of Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion’s three-week-old baby Sebastian has emerged.
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THREE weeks after he was born, the first image of Barnaby Joyce’s baby Sebastian has emerged.
As The Daily Telegraph revealed earlier this year, the former Deputy PM left his wife of 24 years for a former staffer in his office, Vikki Campion.
The couple welcomed the baby boy in April, with Campion giving birth at Armidale Hospital weighing 3.8kg.
The newborn was pictured today (Tuesday) at Armidale Airport, cradled by Campion as Joyce and Campion’s brother looked on.
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The Daily Telegraph revealing Joyce had left his wife and was having a baby with a former staffer led the ex-Nationals leader to step down from his role at the helm of the Nationals and as the country’s Deputy PM in February.
This is the fifth child for Mr Joyce, and his first son, but the first baby for Ms Campion.
Mr Joyce is still married but separated from his first wife, Natalie. They had four girls together: Julia, Caroline, Odette and Bridgette.
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It is understood the Mr Joyce told friends over a few beers a month ago that he acknowledged he made a mistake when he claimed the baby’s paternity was “a bit of a grey area”. Mr Joyce does know the baby is his.
Mr Joyce lost his cabinet position and the Nationals leadership after it was revealed he and Ms Campion were expecting a child.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull later introduced a ban on ministers having sexual relations with their staff after the scandal unfolded.
Mr Joyce has stayed on as the member for New England on the backbench.
When he resigned, Mr Joyce said a “circuit-breaker” was needed to stop the fallout of his affair for his partner, for his unborn son, his four daughters, and estranged wife.
Mr Joyce was replaced by the Nationals new leader, and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.
In February, Mr Joyce and Ms Campion did their first sit-down interview, saying only God could judge him on his conduct.
They said they feared their baby son would be viewed “somehow less worthy than other children”.
The couple claimed they had been “forced out” of their rent-free townhouse in Armidale due to media intrusion as they appealed to politicians and members of the public to give them privacy.
He insisted his working relationship with Mr Turnbull was fine and said that he had never directly asked him about the relationship with Ms Campion before it was revealed on the front page of The Daily Telegraph.