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Barnaby Joyce reiterated Pauline Hanson’s remarks from the previous day, emphasizing that a “clear message” is being transmitted to Australia’s major political parties.
“The political landscape in Australia has transformed, and this confirms it,” Joyce stated during an interview with Today.
One Nation seems to have met polling expectations, securing its most significant electoral victory in decades. This result is likely to make waves across state lines and resonate within Canberra.
Joyce noted that One Nation’s primary vote exceeding 21 percent in the South Australian election is unlikely to be a fleeting phenomenon.
“I believe this is what the public desires; the world has evolved, and it’s time for people to acknowledge that,” he expressed.
“It started in South Australia, next stop Farrer, then Victorian elections, and we will keep growing and growing and growing.”
Premier Peter Malinauskas’ victory may have been a landslide, but both Labor and the Coalition lost voters to One Nation yesterday.
Labor’s primary vote still dipped slightly to around 38 per cent while the LNP is sitting at under 19 per cent, with just over half of the votes counted.
Voters are turning to One Nation, it seems, in droves due to the ongoing economic issues impacting Australian households, Joyce said.
He said One Nation has transformed into a “viable, professional outfit” in the eyes of voters.
“It’s a constituency that is both former Liberal and National voters and also blue collar Labor party voters and people that just think that Australia needs to take a different direction, unless we’re going to have problems,” Joyce added.
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