The federal Coalition faces an array of right-leaning freedom parties at the looming federal poll that could hurt their chances of re-election. But Barnaby Joyce promises to listen to disaffected protest voters.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says political parties must hear the concerns of anti-vaccine and anti-mandate protesters – even if they don’t agree with them – and vowed to differentiate the Nationals from their Liberal coalition partners.
“The worst thing you can do to any substantial group that is isolated is tell them they deserve to be isolated. Labor has taken the political tactic of, like Hillary Clinton, calling these people ‘deplorables’. That misreads these groups entirely, that’s looking at the edges, not the centre,” he said.
“It is my job to make sure that these people are heard, but you’ve got to do it without compromising logic or selling your soul to every view they hold.”ABC election analyst Antony Green said Queensland was by far the most likely to return a “freedom” candidate from One Nation, the LDP or the UAP, with Ms Hanson in the box-seat for re-election.
Pauline Hanson’s top political adviser, James Ashby, was cautious about predicting where One Nation could pick up seats but said the party – which currently holds two Queensland Senate seats, with Ms Hanson standing for re-election this time – had gained ground across the country.the party had three key issues it would seek to progress if it were to hold, or again share, the balance of power in the Senate after the election due in May.
He suggested One Nation could harvest significant support from disaffected protesters, some of whom Ms Hanson met on the lawns outside Parliament last weekend.
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