Barnaby Joyce, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, speaks during a media conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia February 16, 2018. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two-thirds of Australian voters want Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce to resign following his extramarital affair with his former press secretary, a poll showed on Monday, adding pressure on a government already fractured by the scandal.
Joyce, a Catholic who campaigned on "family values" and who has been married for 24 years, refused to resign when it was made public he was expecting a child with his former staffer.
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