Barnaby Joyce is busy auditing the ancestry of the national soccer team to ensure they look sufficiently 'settled' before he deigns to cheer. Apparently, scoring for Australia now requires a multi-generational heritage permit approved by Barnaby’s finely-tuned xenophobia-dar.

<p>Barnaby Joyce says he will be withholding his full celebration of the Socceroos’ victory after noticing that several players on the team ‘look like they may not be from around here’.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/15/barnaby-joyce-not-celebrating-socceroos-win/">Barnaby Joyce Not Celebrating Socceroos Win Because Some Players “Look Like They’ve Recently Arrived”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theshovel.com.au">The Shovel</a>.</p> <p>Barnaby Joyce says he wil...