Barnaby Joyce has taken unpaid leave and may not return to parliament until August.
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The big interview with the New England MP airs on Sunday but already promos are being aired. The style is Hollywood drama, with a gravelly-voiced commentary and waves of string music.
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In one clip, a tearful Vikki Campion says: "You can't help who you fall in love with."
And Barnaby Joyce says: “I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed."
Mr Joyce has been criticised for agreeing to a paid-for interview at a reported fee of $150,000.
So what do voters in his heartland think about his decision to do the interview for money?
Glen Innes is his country writ-large. It was one of the few places he visited and walked easily down the main street in during the recent byelection.
The video gives a few opinions.