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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Basford Canales

Barnaby Joyce claims One Nation ‘one of the gayest parties in Australia’ as former candidate’s comments surface

Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Joyce says One Nation believes in ‘an Australian culture that is tolerant’. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Barnaby Joyce has defended One Nation as “one of the gayest parties in Australia” after comments surfaced from one of its failed candidates describing same-sex attraction as a mental illness.

The former National turned One Nation MP was asked to respond to a series of homophobic comments made by a former Western Australian legislative council candidate for One Nation in a video last month, as first reported by ABC on Wednesday afternoon.

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