Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce fined for failing to wear a mask
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has been fined for failing to wear a mask while paying for petrol in a regional New South Wales town.
9News politics reporter Chris O Keefe reported the re-elected Nationals leader was caught not wearing a mask at a petrol station in Armidale, in the Northern Tablelands.
Face masks are currently mandatory in all non-residential indoor venues across the entire state as a COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow.
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Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce.(Alex Ellinghausen/SMH)
Mr Joyce is believed to have been inside the petrol station for less than a minute before being spotted by a member of the public, who reported him to Crime Stoppers for breaching the mask mandate.
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