Senate debates

Monday, 23 March 2026

Statements by Senators

One Nation

1:34 pm

Photo of Sarah Hanson-YoungSarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

There's a lot that's been said about One Nation's vote since Saturday, and there's a lot that isn't being said as well. Firstly, One Nation lied to the South Australian people during this election campaign. They lied about where their preferences were going. They told South Australians to just vote 1 and that their preferences would just sit with One Nation. Of course, we now know that they were secretly directing preferences without anybody knowing. They lied to their voters straight up. They lied about the preferences they were receiving. They got preferences from the Liberal Party, despite the fact that Mr Barnaby Joyce lied twice on television—again yesterday—to say no-one was preferencing them.

Photo of Paul ScarrPaul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Senator Hanson-Young, you are referring to a member of the other place and you've used a term that has been found to be disorderly in this place. I would ask you to withdraw, please.

Photo of Sarah Hanson-YoungSarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

I withdraw. Mr Joyce misled people when he said that One Nation got no preferences. They got preferences from the Liberal Party. One Nation lied about who their candidates were. They lied about one of their candidates who had an arrest warrant out on him for sex charges in the UK. They've been caught lying from day dot. They defrauded electoral funds in New South Wales. They lied about that. They have lied about how they love this country. Australia is a country that they seem to not like very much at all, because Australia is a country that is multicultural, has beautiful environments and has a community rich in diversity. Every time One Nation mount their hate and division, they are lying about how much they love it. They don't like this country very much at all. They wish it were different. That is the biggest lie of all.