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Barnaby Joyce under fresh pressure over citizenship saga

Somebody in Parliament House must've uttered those dangerous words "it seems a bit quiet today".

Then it exploded, with the revelation Barnaby Joyce had been told by the NZ High Commission he may have dual citizenship. 

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is a citizen of New Zealand, the country's Government has confirmed.

The day in federal parliament 

ABC News political editor Chris Uhlmann is in the House of Representatives for Question Time.

He reckons there's been some sheep impressions from Labor MPs aimed at Barnaby Joyce today.

Question Time

Well, he kicked Johnny Depp's dog out because it wasn't an Australian dog.

Well, kick a dog when he's down, it might come back to bite you on the backside.

That precedent has now come back to bite Barnaby on the backside very painfully.

Barnaby Joyce’s rival for his seat of New England, former independent MP Tony Windsor, says he hasn’t ruled out running for his old seat in the event of a by-election.

“I’m in Alice Springs, just come out of the desert today, getting some vehicles fixed and a few other things. That’s the main focus at the moment. But I’ll be watching this,” Mr Windsor told ABC TV.

Tony Windsor says the law is the law, where Barnaby Joyce’s citizenship is concerned. Picture: Marlon Dalton

“The issues that I stood on last time against Mr Joyce have gone from bad to worse.

“The National Broadband Network, for instance - I think country people in particular, but city people as well - have woken up to this massive con that’s been perpetrated upon them.”

“Mr Joyce is the master of the minute - not master of the long-term.”

Mr Windsor suggested there could be a perceived legal conflict of interest in Mr Joyce’s situation, if not an actual one.

“I wouldn’t accuse Barnaby Joyce of working surreptitiously for the New Zealand government to undermine the dairy price or something, or the fat-lamb industry... I don’t think that’s going on,” he said.

“But the law is the law. I don’t particularly like that law. If they want to change it, they should have a good look at it.

“Why is Barnaby Joyce different to anybody else that has stood aside during this particular issue