Petition launched for Joyce resignation

A petition calling for Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce to resign has garnered almost 7000 signatures.

A petition to demand removal of Barnaby Joyce from his New England seat has received almost 7000 votes in five days.

Genevieve Cheatham's petition calling for the deputy prime minister to resign or Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to push for his resignation had received 6900 signatures on change.org as of Wednesday morning.

"Barnaby Joyce must resign. We do not want him to represent us as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia," Ms Cheatham posted.