Barnaby Joyce is touring Victoria’s bushfire-affected regions campaigning for One Nation candidates in a state election. Not his state. Not his electorate. Not his job.
New England elected him to represent them — not to act as a roaming campaign manager for Pauline Hanson. Yet here he is, inserting himself into Victorian politics while the community that returned him to Parliament is effectively sidelined.
This is not a harmless side hustle. It is a clear statement of priorities. Mr Joyce is no longer behaving like the Member for New England. He is behaving like a One Nation operative.
At some point, voters are entitled to ask the obvious question: who does Barnaby Joyce actually represent?
He is headline grabbing as he always does. Definitely in it for himself
when he was NP leader and deputy PM, cheating on his wife wasn’t part of the job. he’s mister 110%