Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin 2017, matsayin ya zama fanko na tsawon kwanaki 40, lokaci ne kawai a tarihinta lokacin da ba a yi aiki ba. A wani bangare na
2017<unk>18 rikicin cancantar majalisa na Australiya, ya bayyana cewa Barnaby Joyce na yanzu dan asalin New Zealand ne ta hanyar zuriya ("jus sanguinis" <unk> ta hanyar hakkin jini) a lokacin zaben tarayya na 2016. Joyce ya gaya wa Majalisar Wakilai cewa an sanar da shi game da matsayin ɗan ƙasa a ranar 10 ga Agusta 2017 daga Babban Hukumar New Zealand kuma watsi da 'yan ƙasa biyu ya zama mai tasiri a ranar 15 ga Agusta 2017. Duk da haka, ya nemi a tura shari'arsa zuwa Babban Kotun Ostiraliya (yana zama a matsayin Kotun da ke da rikici) don yanke hukunci, kuma sun yanke hukuncin cewa zaɓensa ba shi da inganci a ƙarƙashin sashi na 44 na Tsarin Mulki na Ostiraliya. Nan da nan gwamnati ta ba da umarni don zaɓen kujerar New England da za a gudanar a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 2017, wanda Joyce ya ci nasara cikin sauƙi. Gwamna Janar Sir Peter Cosgrove ya sake nada Joyce a matsayin mataimakin firaminista a ranar 6 ga Disamba, 2017.