'I'll open the doors for you': Pauline Hanson invites Barnaby Joyce to join One Nation

Pauline Hanson has invited Barnaby Joyce to subordinate One Nation aft he confirmed he will time off nan Nationals aft what he said was an irreparable breakdown successful nan relationship.

But he stopped short of saying whether he would defect to Hanson's blimpish party.

Hanson, speaking from Joyce's hometown of Tamworth today, tried to promote him to make nan move to her party.

"Barnaby, I'll unfastened nan doors for you. Come crossed to One Nation," she told 9News. 

"Barnaby is much aligned pinch One Nation than what he is pinch nan Nationals Party."

Her plea came conscionable moments aft Joyce released a connection astir speculation of his departure from nan Nationals - a statement he's been a personnel of since 1995. 

"My narration pinch nan activity of nan Nationals successful Canberra has unfortunately, for illustration a sadness successful immoderate marriages, irreparably surgery down," he said successful a statement.

"The instructions that during nan national predetermination I was not to run extracurricular New England arsenic that did not correspond nan views of nan Nationals, past aft nan predetermination being moved connected for 'generational change' and conscionable nan atmospherics successful nan statement room, wherever I americium seated successful nan acold area of nan Coalition successful nan chamber, intends I americium seen and now turning into a discordant note.

"That is not who I want to be.

"More importantly our position successful continuing to support Net Zero pinch nan monolithic schism and wounded to my electorate, to mini businesses, to nan environment, to nan poor, to nan defence of Australia and creating dislike betwixt lifelong friends successful my organization makes continuing successful nan Nationals' Party Room successful Canberra nether this argumentation untenable."

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's stance connected nett zero has spurred infighting, pinch elder Liberal Andrew Hastie and his workfellow Jonathon Duniam publically raising concerns complete nan matter.

Joyce said he will complete his word arsenic New England MP but will not tally for nan spot astatine nan adjacent election.

"I americium free to now see each options arsenic to what I do next," he said.

Joyce, a erstwhile Queensland Senator who resigned to title New England, first won complete nan location bluish NSW spot successful 2013.

The 58-year-old has held nan 111,000 voter-strong electorate since.

He was elected arsenic nan Nationals leader and sworn successful arsenic lawman premier curate successful 2016 and maintained his position during a furniture reshuffle nan pursuing twelvemonth and astatine nan adjacent national election.

His melodramatic autumn from grace wrong nan statement led to him quitting some of those roles successful 2018 amid unit complete his narration pinch his erstwhile staffer Vikki Campion.

Joyce past returned arsenic leader of nan statement successful 2021, earlier losing nan domiciled to David Littleproud aft a three-way title successful 2022.

Littleproud, who took nan Nationals done its ain separation pinch nan Liberals earlier nan reunification earlier this year, has refused to remark connected Joyce's announcement.

Joyce's colleagues, however, were saddened to study of nan news, pinch immoderate going arsenic acold arsenic to explanation his determination "rash".

"This is simply a sad time some for maine and for our awesome party," Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie said.

"To move his backmost connected nan statement which talented him nan lawman premier ministership twice, I deliberation it's a rash decision, I deliberation it's nan incorrect decision, I'm very disappointed successful nan decision," Nationals MP Michael McCormack said.

Liberal protector communications curate Melissa McIntosh said she would for illustration to spot Joyce subordinate nan frontbench pinch her.

If Joyce defects to One Nation, he could return different dissatisfied colleagues pinch him, giving Hanson a awesome triumph and deepening nan rift wrong nan Coalition.

One Nation's ballot has astir doubled from 6.4 per cent astatine this year's national predetermination to 12 per cent successful nan latest Resolve governmental monitor.

Hanson said this was because location is simply a "movement" happening successful Australia.

"People are fed up pinch nan awesome governmental parties," she said. 

Just past week, nan Nationals Tamworth branch chairman, Steven Coxhead, discontinue aft a decade successful nan domiciled to defect to One Nation.

"I person resigned arsenic I judge nan statement does not adequately correspond NSW location and agrarian voters immoderate more," he said.

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