Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation

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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/joyce-in-talks-with-pauline-hanson-to-join-one-nation-20251017-p5n3cq.html

Barnaby Joyce is in advanced talks to defect from the Nationals to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party.

Joyce, who represents the NSW regional electorate of New England, declined to comment when asked if he would change parties.

Hanson did not deny the ongoing discussions when asked by this masthead on Friday afternoon.

“If Barnaby wants to come to One Nation, I’d be happy to have him,” she said, also suggesting other MPs in the Coalition who were disaffected could join her party.

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No1@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Raise the IQ of bith parties.

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ozzy@olio.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Has Gina approved?

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hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I though they only wanted white people?

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- mertn22@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Farmers like tomatoes and beetroots, plenty of votes wherever he goes.
  
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HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Obviously I have a little schadenfreude tingle as the political right in this country continues to crumble.

I’ve always had a kind of grudging respect for the Nationals in that they fairly earnestly and accurately represent the views of the rural conservative voting block.

In contrast the “Liberal” party is about as illiberal as they come and function mostly as class warriors on the side of the wealthy. The “Labor” party, who are supposed to be class warriors on the side of working Australians, are so up to their noses in Neoliberalism that they can’t do the most basic things to help with cost of living.

If Barnaby wants to jump over to PHON he’ll probably hold New England for them for a few election cycles but I’m not the first to observe that PHON are kind of de-facto part of the coalition already. It is interesting thought and I’m keen to see what others make of it.

Finally:

There has been speculation inside the Coalition about the prospect of a populist movement in the mould of the UK’s Reform, led by Nigel Farage, although most MPs believe such a party would fail because of Australia’s preferential and compulsory voting system.

This is obvious rot, preferential and compulsory voting allows votes to go to smaller parties, not the other way round. Just a random jab at one of the more democratic features of our system.

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- Tenderizer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  This is obvious rot, preferential and compulsory voting allows votes to go to smaller parties, not the other way round. Just a random jab at one of the more democratic features of our system.
  
  Compulsory voting means elections are actually won by winning over the center. UK and US centrist politicians like to believe their countries work that way, but in Austraila it actually does.
  
  As for preferential voting … the main reason Reform is on track for a majority is because of vote splitting between all the other parties. It’s unlikely reform could win in a 1:1 contest against a half-way competent opposition. In the case of the US the Republicans rose to power because people hated both options and with preferential voting the normal people could’ve been persuaded to turn up.
  
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- hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Obviously I have a little schadenfreude tingle as the political right in this country continues to crumble.
  
  Never underestimate the stupidity, greed and entitlment of many voters. One Nation supoort is surging.
  
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  - Ilandar@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s surging because the Coalition vote is collapsing.
    
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