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Image copyright EPA Image caption  Barnaby Joyce  will take one week of leave  Malcolm Turnbull says
In a press briefing  he condemned  Barnaby Joyce  for a "shocking error of judgement".
 Mr Joyce  will take a leave of absence from Monday amid scrutiny over whether he breached ministerial standards.
Both  Mr Joyce  and Mr Turnbull deny that any rules  as defined  were broken.
" Barnaby  made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a young woman working in  his  office "  he  said.
"In doing so  he  has set off a world of woe for those women  and appalled all of us. Our hearts go out to them."
Image copyright EPA Image caption  Barnaby Joyce  will take one week of leave  Malcolm Turnbull says
In a press briefing  he condemned  Barnaby Joyce  for a "shocking error of judgement".
 Mr Joyce  will take a leave of absence from Monday amid scrutiny over whether he breached ministerial standards.
Both  Mr Joyce  and Mr Turnbull deny that any rules  as defined  were broken.
" Barnaby  made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a young woman working in  his  office "  he  said.
"In doing so  he  has set off a world of woe for those women  and appalled all of us. Our hearts go out to them."