Barnaby Joyce faces horse flu backlash in New England

By Josh Gordon, State Political Editor
Updated May 1 2016 - 4:23pm, first published 3:58pm
National Party leader and Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, on a muster in 2010, is facing a political backlash in his rural seat of New England from horse owners, breeders and stud farmers. Photo: Peter Rae
National Party leader and Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, on a muster in 2010, is facing a political backlash in his rural seat of New England from horse owners, breeders and stud farmers. Photo: Peter Rae

Barnaby Joyce is facing a political backlash in his rural seat of New England from horse owners, breeders and stud farmers crippled by one of the worst quarantine failures in recent history.