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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Patrick Commins and Tom McIlroy

Barnaby Joyce says he’s not ‘Jesus Christ’ and admits One Nation has not modelled super policy in fiery interviews

Barnaby Joyce
One Nation’s Treasury spokesperson, Barnaby Joyce, says the lack of guardrails around the super policy is not an issue as ‘people are not stupid’. Photograph: Michael Gorton/AAP

Barnaby Joyce, One Nation’s Treasury spokesperson, says his party has not modelled the potential impact on retirement incomes and inflation from his party’s plan to give millions of households early access to their super savings in his second combative interview in two days.

The morning after telling the ABC’s 7.30 program that he “was not Jesus Christ” and so could not be expected to know everything, Joyce on Tuesday ridiculed any suggestion that One Nation’s proposal should have included the economic analysis that typically accompanies major policy proposals.

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