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When sent out to do a cleanup job, it usually helps to not make the mess even worse.
It took One Nation six separate attempts over nearly 24 hours to clarify the basic details of their policy on foreign ownership of housing. Between Thursday night and Friday afternoon, the story turned from bizarre to farcical, with attempts to clarify the policy just making the situation murkier as Australians watched:
a Barnaby Joyce interview;
a quick do-over on Sky News on Thursday;
a Pauline Hanson social media update on Friday morning;
a Sean Bell interview, again on Sky, on Friday;
and then a 2GB spot;
before a written press release from Bell on Friday afternoon
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/05/one-nation-pauline-hanson-housing-policy-ntwnfb
Author : Josh Butler
Publish date : 2026-06-05 08:21:00
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