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Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has been re-elected after convincingly winning the New England byelection.

Joyce won more than 60 per cent of the vote as the Nationals candidate, with none of the other 16 contenders garnering more than 12 per cent. Joyce’s return to the House of Representatives comes as parliamentarians prepare to submit information about their citizenship status, with the government threatening to refer several Labor MPs to the High Court if their responses are deemed unclear.

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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper