David Farley says net overseas migration of 306,000 ‘probably not’ too much despite party policy to cap migrants at 130,000 per year
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Barnaby Joyce has blamed “the pressure of a campaign” for One Nation’s Farrer candidate contradicting party policy on immigration and appearing to endorse Labor’s current intake.
The One Nation MP also claimed voters won’t worry about Gina Rinehart’s million-dollar donation of a private plane to Pauline Hanson’s party, claiming journalists were more interested than ordinary people in the lucrative gift from Rinehart’s company.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/03/barnaby-joyce-blames-campaign-pressure-after-one-nations-farrer-candidates-immigration-slip-up-ntwnfb
Author : Josh Butler
Publish date : 2026-05-03 03:25:00
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