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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Gabrielle Chan

By choosing to share a stage with One Nation, Barnaby Joyce invited division into his community

(L-R) Barnaby Joyce, former Keating government minister Gary Johns, broadcaster Alan Jones and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson speak at a ‘Recognise A Better Way’ event in Tamworth to argue against an Indigenous voice to parliament.
(L-R) Barnaby Joyce, former Keating government minister Gary Johns, broadcaster Alan Jones and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson speak at a ‘Recognise A Better Way’ event in Tamworth to argue against an Indigenous voice to parliament. Photograph: Tom Plevey

Just four years ago, Tim Fischer called on the National party to put One Nation last on its how-to-vote cards.

The late Nationals elder and former deputy prime minister had long held the line against One Nation’s divisive rhetoric from Pauline Hanson’s first entry into parliament in 1996.

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