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Barnaby Joyce in Advanced Talks with Pauline Hanson to Join One Nation
Barnaby Joyce is exploring joining One Nation after losing influence in the Nationals, as One Nation's support grows and a senior Nationals official recently defected, polling shows.
- Coalition sources say Barnaby Joyce is considering joining Pauline Hanson’s One Nation but has not decided after discussing options with Hanson.
- Earlier this year, after being relegated, Barnaby Joyce has been embittered by David Littleproud’s decision and pushed opposition to renewable energy, deepening divisions within the Coalition parties.
- Last week, Steve Coxhead, senior NSW Nationals official in Joyce’s New England electorate, quit to join One Nation, whose vote is surging and with whom Joyce held talks after the February 2024 incident.
- The immediate fallout has left Joyce further alienated within the party, as Littleproud barred him from trips outside his electorate, and Joyce praised Coxhead’s defection, saying `my great fear is not people changing parties but rather the loss of the freedom to do so`.
- Joyce's history as party leader and a 2016 leadership entrant means his resignation in 2018 after an affair with Vikki Campion and return after deposing Michael McCormack remain politically significant.
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Total News Sources18
Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
13%
R 37%
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