Barnaby bucks on climate 'hobby horse'

By Matt Coughlan
Updated February 4 2020 - 3:18pm, first published 3:16pm
Climate change activists protested outside federal parliament on the first sitting day of 2020.
Climate change activists protested outside federal parliament on the first sitting day of 2020.

Nationals backbencher Barnaby Joyce has warned colleagues against allowing bushfires to be used for advancing "hobby horse" issues, in a thinly veiled reference to climate change.

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