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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery

Barnaby Joyce says One Nation has changed. Is he right?

One Nation leader, Senator Pauline Hanson is seen during a press conference in Brisbane
Barnaby Joyce says One Nation has changed. Since returning to the Senate in 2016, Pauline Hanson has compared Islam to a disease and insisted ‘it is OK to be white’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Barnaby Joyce claimed at a candidate’s forum on Monday night that the anti-immigrant, nativist One Nation party led by Pauline Hanson had changed.

“The party of 10, 15 years ago is not the party of today,” Joyce said. “Things change. Mollify.”

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