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Christopher Pyne speculates that Barnaby Joyce could return to Nationals party
Christopher Pyne, a minister in several Coalition governments, agreed with Shorten that Pauline Hanson and One Nation were coming under more scrutiny because of their surge in popularity since the Bondi massacre.
Barnaby can do almost anything. Nothing would surprise me if he went back to the National party. Especially now that David Littleproud is not the leader. I don’t have any inside information but nothing would surprise me if this continues with some of these less mainstream comments being made.
I don’t think [voters] are happy with the system, but I don’t think she should assume her 30% of people who say they want to support One Nation are the same as her 6% to 7% rusted-on hardline true believer vote of the past.
Some of the people who are looking to her now are sick of the system, and they’re hurting, but I think they would be perturbed by dusting off the bones of a White Australia policy.
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