'It makes no sense': Furious Barnaby Joyce slams decision to 'reward' Malcolm Turnbull by sending him on a taxpayer-funded overseas trip after ex-PMs by-election betrayal
- Mr Turnbull will go to Bali for an oceans conference at the end of the month
- But Mr Joyce slammed his call-up as 'pretty wild' and said it made no sense
- He said the ex-PM's refusal to help in Wentworth was reason not to send him
- The Liberals are expected to lose their majority in a crushing by-election defeat
Barnaby Joyce has hit out at the government's decision to send former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on a taxpayer-funded trip to Bali to represent Australia.
Prime minister Scott Morrison was unable to attend the Our Ocean Our Legacy conference in Bali and instead asked Mr Turnbull to go instead for the event on October 29-30.
The former deputy prime minister said the move was 'pretty wild', especially given Mr Turnbull refused to campaign for Liberal candidate Dave Sharma in the Wentworth by-election.

Barnaby Joyce (pictured) has hit out at the government's decision to send former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on a taxpayer-funded trip to Bali to represent Australia after he refused to campaign for the Liberals ahead of the Wentworth by-election
Mr Joyce told 2GB radio he believed the prime minister was unjustly 'rewarding' Mr Turnbull.
He said: 'It doesn't stack up for me. If I was in the cabinet, I'd be scratching my head desperately.
'It makes no sense to me.
'I am very disappointed Malcolm didn't help out (in Wentworth). That probably gives us a very good reason not to send him to Bali.'
Mr Turnbull didn't actively campaign in the by-election but tweeted his support to Liberal candidate Dave Sharma and also sent him private messages.
Mr Joyce said he thought Mr Turnbull was probably angry about losing his job and his decision not to campaign in the election was a form of sulking.
The prime minister said Indonesia's President Widodo appreciated Mr Turnbull's decision to step-in for the conference - and said sending the former prime minister was a signal of how seriously Australia is taking the conference.

Mr Joyce told 2GB radio he believed the prime minister was unjustly 'rewarding' Mr Turnbull (pictured)
Independent Kerryn Phelps is ahead in the Wentworth count, but the final result has yet to be declared.
A loss for the Liberals in the by-election would mean they lose their majority in Canberra.
The party has started negotiations with independent crossbenchers and are expected to survive - although the imminent defeat in the blue-ribbon seat has raised fears of a wipeout at next year's federal election.

Independent Kerryn Phelps is ahead in the Wentworth count, but the final result has yet to be declared
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