Turnbull unsure if Joyce is 'safe'

By Karen Sweeney
Updated February 19 2018 - 10:15am, first published 10:14am
Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce is taking his first day of personal leave after a tumultuous week.
Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce is taking his first day of personal leave after a tumultuous week.

Malcolm Turnbull says he doesn't know if Barnaby Joyce's position is safe but agrees the deputy prime minister's affair with his ex-staffer and now pregnant partner has harmed the government.

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