Barnaby Joyce's video shows the former Nationals leader lying on the side of the road in Braddon, Canberra, muttering swear words into his phone late at night after parliament

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Bizarre footage shows Nationals frontbencher Barnaby Joyce lying on a footpath in Canberra late at night while mumbling 'dead f***ing c**t' into his phone.

Daily Mail Australia has exclusively obtained a video of the former deputy prime minister, 56, lying in Londsale Street, in the suburb of Braddon, at 11.36pm on Wednesday.

Sources say he had been sitting on a large potted plant while having an animated conversation, when he fell off, 'rolled around' and continued his call.

In the video, Joyce was seen lying on the sidewalk with his legs up and his jacket wide open.

He wore the same blue and white tie worn earlier that day during Question Time at Parliament House.

Much of the conversation was hushed, but the swear words were clear.

Sources close to Joyce explained that the call was likely to his new wife, Vikki Campion.

About an hour after publication, Ms Campion told the media he was not referring to her when he called someone a 'dead f***ing c**t'.

“I think that's what he called himself, he likes to flog himself,” she said.

Joyce described the scene as “very embarrassing” in a statement to Daily Mail Australia on Friday.

“I was walking back to my accommodation when Parliament got up at 10pm,” he said.

'While I was on the phone, I sat on the edge of a planter, fell over, kept talking on the phone and very animatedly referred to myself as having fallen.

“I got up and walked home.”

The couple married in November in a bush bash-style wedding at his family's estate in Woolbrook, in the NSW Northern Tablelands.

Joyce did not ask any questions in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

On Thursday he spoke to conservative commentator Andrew Bolt about how he thinks the Australian Defense Force should purchase more drones.

Earlier this week he addressed an anti-renewable energy rally outside Parliament House.

It's not the first time Joyce's bizarre antics have attracted public attention.

During Question Time in 2021, he appeared to slur his words while answering a question about building infrastructure in regional NSW.

He decided to attack then opposition leader Anthony Albanese with a bizarre reference to The Aviator, a 2004 Hollywood film about American pilot Howard Hughes.

“Now, I, I, I love it, I love going to the movies and I can't help but again, I can't help but always think of Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes the aviator,” he said.

“But Howard Hughes, the aviator, but the Labor Party, got Albo the advocate, the great, the great advocate, the man of the big ideas, the man of the big ideas, straight from the billiard room.”

Albanese said Joyce's comments had “nothing to do with the question.”

Later that year he seemed to use a word that didn't exist.

Joyce tried to discipline Labor members for making 'despicable' mocking comments about some of his MPs.

“I would perhaps like to draw some attention to some of the demeaning scorn that has been leveled in the room at an individual who has been a very accomplished businessman and who has stood behind the great city of Gladstone,” he said.

“There is a condescending smile on the member for Flynn.

“There's a condescending smile on the people of the great city of Gladstone and the people of Central Queensland.

Viewers on social media wondered why he used a made-up word.

Hansard, the written record of parliament's proceedings and debates, has released a transcript of his speech which claims Joyce said 'mocking' rather than 'dishonouring'.

Mr Joyce's video comes after heightened scrutiny of parliamentary norms and workplace culture in the nation's capital in recent years.

According to the Standards Code for Parliamentarians, members have a 'shared responsibility to ensure that the Commonwealth's parliamentary workplaces meet the highest standards of integrity, dignity, security and mutual respect'.

The Code and Standards apply to all duties performed during Members' employment, including at social events, during work travel and outside normal business hours.

“Alcohol is not an excuse for violating this code or the standards,” the code says.

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