Staying with Pauline Hanson’s press conference, and the One Nation leader said she would be carefully checking the records of any Coalition MPs looking to follow Barnaby Joyce and defect to her party.
“People may want to come across to One Nation. If they do approach me, they won’t automatically get a foot in the door,” she said.
“I’m going to look at their past record. I want to know what they fought for … are they going to fight for the communities? Do they have the Australian values, or are they just career politicians, but just want to make sure that they don’t lose their seats?”
Hanson said she would not be chasing defectors, and had allowed Joyce to come to her.
“I’m not going out there seeking people, and I didn’t with Barnaby Joyce. He sat on that for a year,” she said.
“He still stood with the National Party, and then after that, he was sidelined. They didn’t want him there. He was told by [then-opposition leader Peter] Dutton that he must go. He felt worthless, that he had no future, and he thought he had more to offer, and I saw that in him. Barnaby is a different person now. He’s got a spring in his step.”
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