Amber Heard takes a swipe at Barnaby Joyce during Magic Mike XXL interview

JUST when we thought the Johnny Depp dog fiasco was done and dusted, Amber Heard has taken a not so subtle swipe at Agricultural Minister Barnaby Joyce.

JUST when we thought the Johnny Depp dog fiasco was done and dusted, Amber Heard has taken a not so subtle swipe at Barnaby Joyce.

The wife of the Pirates of the Caribbean star hit out at our Agricultural Minister during an interview on Sunrise this morning while promoting her latest film Magic Mike XXL.

Asked how the pair’s pet terriers were doing now, the Hollywood actor answered, “I have a feeling we’re going to avoid the land Down Under just as much as we can, thanks to certain politicians there.

“I don’t know, I guess everyone tries to go for their 15 minutes (of fame) ... including some government officials.”

Heard, 29, was seated beside Magic Mike co-star Andie MacDowell when asked about the lucky pooches, named Pistol and Boo, who laughed at the mention of Hollywood’s most famous dogs.

“Pistol is with me today, she’s doing just fine,” Heard added.

Depp pictured with one of his dogs.

Deep and Heard’s dogs, Pistol and Boo.

Last month, Joyce warned that Depp’s dogs, that were illegally brought into the country, would be put down unless the actor removed them from Australia. The beloved Yorkshire terriers were eventually flown home on their very own private jet with an assistant, while Depp opted to continue filming Pirates of the Caribbean in the Gold Coast. The flight to Los Angeles reportedly cost the A-list couple upwards of $400,000.

The Department of Agriculture confirmed to News Corp Australia that Depp and Heard could be fined up to $340,000 if found to have deliberately breached Australia’s biosecurity rules when they failed to declare the two canines on an in-flight manifest in April.

“It’s time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States,” Mr Joyce told reporters at the time.

Plenty of celebrities weighed in on the highly publicised “war on terrier” at the time, including Russell Brand, who told The Project panel that when he lands in Australia later this year, he plans to sneak in “all sorts of canines, fruits and crops into your country — none of it’s going to be registered.”

The British comedian joked that he’ll arrive in the country “wearing Johnny Depp’s dead dogs as slippers”.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard tied the knot in February this year.