The Latest Breaking News from Barnaby Joyce

Labor maintains dominant lead in Redbridge poll despite expenses claims

Labor gained two points in a Redbridge national poll to take a 56–44 lead, despite the expenses claims occurring during the fieldwork period. Redbridge state polls have Victoria tied 50–50, while Labor has a large lead in NSW.

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2025

Guardian Essential poll: One Nation records highest-ever primary vote after burqa stunt and Joyce defection speculation

Minor party reaches primary vote of 17% as majority of respondents remain pessimistic about housing affordability and the rising cost of living

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2025

Morning Mail: ‘Expect the unexpected’ in bushfire season, Farrell travel questions, Joel Edgerton’s Globe nomination

Experts warn fuel is ‘ready to burn’ after fires in NSW suggest torrid summer; trade minister is the latest in spotlight over expenses

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2025

Canavan hopes to woo Joyce back to the Nationals

Nationals senator Matt Canavan hopes to meet with now-independent MP Barnaby Joyce in his electorate after the ex-deputy prime minister resigned from the party.

AAP · Dec 4, 2025

ABC boss denies host an ‘activist’ after criticism from Nampijinpa Price – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2025

Labor on a high as Barnaby bolts and Pauline shocks

As the political year draws to a close, a week of Senate estimates is all that's left on the calendar, with a controversial website redesign to be scrutinised.

AAP · Nov 28, 2025

Nationals tip short honeymoon if Barnaby joins Hanson

Barnaby Joyce's resignation from the Nationals has raised questions about what role he could play in One Nation if he shifts to the right-wing minor party.

AAP · Nov 27, 2025

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has had a rugged start as leader. With Liberal rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie circling for her position, Ley needs to not only survive, but rebuild her party from its historic lows in the polls.

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025

Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025

Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens do nature laws deal; Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals; and cricket’s real-life Field of Dreams

Government agrees to prevent fast-tracking of coal and gas projects and subject native forest logging to national environment standards over 18 months

The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025