 Australia will have a climate sceptic as its new Deputy Prime Minister, a decision to threaten Scambera's commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Banna Bijoy, who was previously Australia's Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 to 2018, but resigned after an extramarital affair with a former staff member, was named as a new leader of the National Party on Monday after he defeated incumbent Michael McComack in a vote to the party's 21 federal lawmakers. Joyce said his party will only support energy policy that boasters the government's appeal in regional Australia, which is heavily dependent on fossil fuel mining. Joyce's assent is likely to the real Morrison's hope of strengthening Australia's climate targets amid a concerted push by US President Joe Biden. Well I want to make sure that we have a process that we can go to places such as central Queensland that we have the capacity to, on behalf of the coalition, give us the very best chance of winning the next election. I'm not detracting for one second in one iota the qualities that Michael has and has shown the parliament. I will try always to be the better person. I acknowledge my faults, I resigned, I've spent three years on the back bench, I don't walk away from making sure that I can be a better person and do a better job and I'm reminded by that by the people that I love dearly, my four daughters, my two sons and Vicky. At the outset I want to say that I respect the decision made by the National Party room today and I wish Barnaby Joyce all the best as leader of the National Party. I have been honoured to serve the National Party as its leader for the past three years. I have been privileged and humbled to do that.