# Barnaby Joyce doubles down on Pauline Hanson’s mass deportation claim – as Labor agrees on one key point

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/barnaby-joyce-doubles-down-on-pauline-hansons-mass-deportation-claim-as-labor-agrees-on-one-key-point/
- Published: 2026-07-20T00:20:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-20T01:14:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15989317/tanya-plibersek-pauline-hanson.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- Barnaby Joyce backs Pauline Hanson's mass deportation comments
- Joyce explains her "White Australia Policy" remarks
- Labor's Tanya Plibersek agrees with Hanson on one point

## Summary

Federal Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has defended One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's comments about mass deportations and a "White Australia Policy", arguing he understood what she meant even as the remarks drew criticism. Labor's Tanya Plibersek weighed in on the row, agreeing with Hanson on one specific point while distancing herself from the broader rhetoric, highlighting how immigration and deportation policy continue to generate cross-party friction in Australian politics.

The dispute centres on Hanson's claims about deportations and remarks invoking the historic White Australia Policy, which Joyce sought to explain and justify rather than condemn. The episode underscores ongoing tension between major and minor parties over immigration policy, with Joyce's intervention likely to reignite debate about how mainstream politicians engage with One Nation's positions.

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