National Party leader, David Littleproud, has revealed  plans to use his predecessor Barnaby Joyce to best effect in the federal election campaign.

Mr Littleproud said Mr Joyce (main picture) would be tasked with focussing on securing votes in “the most remote parts of Australia”.

“I’m talking about parts of the bush that are subject to very poor communications – bad roads, limited air services, and almost zero telecommunications,” he said.

“I’m sending Barnaby to places that are very difficult to get to in the first place and once you get there you may be forced to stay for days at a time, weeks even, before you can even try to get out and back to any major population centre.

“Because of the shoddy standards of communications like the lack of internet connectivity or even phone lines and satellite blackspots it may be weeks, probably about five all up, before anyone hears or sees Barnaby again.

“I know only a handful of voters live in such places and they’ll all be voting for the Nationals already, but you can’t be too careful in an election,” Mr Littleproud said.

Darwin-based journalism academic, Professor Henny Jonningham of the Curtin University (Northern Territory), (below) said Mr Littleproud had correctly identified Mr Joyce’s value to the Coalition’s campaign.

“What Mr Littleproud is proposing is easily the best use for Barnaby, and although its impact will be limited in the seats he visits, it will pay big dividends in those he doesn’t,” Professor Jonningham said.

“Although he was once regarded unilaterally within the federal parliamentary media gallery as ‘the greatest retail politician in Australia’, his lustre has dimmed somewhat in recent years.

“That’s bound to happen when reality dawns and everyone sees you for what you always were – a bloated buffoon skilled only in emitting thought bubbles, or more correctly thought belches,” she said.

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