Turnbull bans bonking staff

Stuff reports:

During his press conference on Thursday to announce a ban on Australian ministers having sex with their staff, Turnbull said he accepted that Joyce had not breached any ministerial entitlements or standards and “the real issue” was the “terrible hurt and humiliation” he had caused his wife, four daughters and new partner.

“Barnaby made a shocking error of judgment in having an affair with a young woman working in his office. In doing so, he has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us,” Turnbull said in a late afternoon address.

So are Ministers banned just from bonking their own staff, or any staff?

It goes without saying it is a very bad idea to bonk your staff. Not having the PM announce a ban on it, may cause more problems than the issue it is trying to solve.

Nationals sources said Turnbull’s savage admonishment only deepened their resolve to stand by Joyce, who faced a poorly co-ordinated push by some rebel Nationals MPs to oust him over the affair.

Things just look better and better for Labor at the next election.