Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has posted a video online that shows an altercation between him and a photographer, using it to call for tougher privacy laws.
Mr Joyce posted the video of his interaction with the photographer, Guy Finlay, on Twitter, following it up with a tweet accusing him of ambushing.
The former Nationals leader denies the photographer's claims he had shaped up to throw a punch at the man, who Mr Joyce said was "hiding in the bushes" outside a church on Sunday.
Mr Joyce said he accepted public figures would get media attention, but laws needed to be changed to protect people like his partner Vikki Campion and the couple's baby son Sebastian from paparazzi.
He said Ms Campion, his former media adviser, had been harassed for months after it was revealed in February that Mr Joyce was having an affair with Ms Campion, who was pregnant with their child.
"Private individuals, kids especially, should have greater protections than what they've got. They haven't got any," Mr Joyce said.
Government minister Simon Birmingham was quick to show he wouldn't support the move.
"I don't see any need for Australia's privacy laws to be changed," he told Sky News.
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