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Uproar as ex-deputy Australia PM plans to sell love-child story

After making official complaints over the media's coverage of his extra-marital affair which gripped Australia, ex-deputy PM Barnaby Joyce is set to earn big in a tell-all TV interview

A decision by Australia's former deputy prime minister to sell his story about having a love child with a former aide sparked derision Tuesday and calls for politicians to be banned from paid interviews.

Scandal-hit Barnaby Joyce, who was forced to quit in February and move to the backbench over his affair with his 33-year-old former media adviser, will reportedly be paid Aus$150,000 (US$113,000) for a tell-all television appearance by the pair on Sunday.

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