Barnaby Joyce and One Nation senator give conflicting accounts of housing policy in TV and radio interviews
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Josh Butler
29d ago· 5 min readenNews
Summary
Barnaby Joyce and One Nation Senator Sean Bell gave confused and contradictory interviews about their party's housing policy. Joyce initially stated on Sky News that the party wanted to force permanent residents to sell their homes, but quickly backtracked after consulting colleagues, clarifying that was not One Nation policy. Senator Bell was cut off during a radio interview that the host described as a "trainwreck." Sky News host Andrew Bolt commented that the blunder showed Pauline Hanson's party was "literally making up policy as it goes along."
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· 3 pulledBarnaby Joyce told Sky News on Thursday that his party wanted to force permanent residents to sell their homes – before clarifying with colleagues and quickly returning to say that wasn't One Nation policy.
Senator Sean Bell being cut off during what a radio host described as a 'trainwreck' interview.
The program's host, Andrew Bolt, who interviewed Joyce on Thursday night, later told viewers the bungle demonstrated Pauline Hanson's party was 'literally making up policy as it goes along'.
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says blunder shows Pauline Hanson’s party is ‘literally making up policy as it goes along’
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