{"id":716459,"date":"2026-06-05T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:34:11","slug":"please-explain-one-nation-housing-policy-confuses-its-own-as-senators-interview-turns-into-a-train-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716459\/","title":{"rendered":"Please explain: One Nation housing policy confuses its own as senator’s interview turns into a ‘train wreck’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pauline Hanson has been forced to “please explain” how One Nation’s housing policy would work after multiple party members misspoke or could not provide crucial details in separate interviews.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the party platform, foreign owners of homes in Australia would have two years to sell their property or have it repossessed by the government.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi took One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to Federal Court claiming her tweet breached the Racial Discrimination Act.<\/p>\n

When asked if the measure also applied to permanent residents who were not citizens, One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said they would also be forced to divest their properties.<\/p>\n

“Become an Australian citizen, and that’s going to deal with the issue, right? Become an Australian citizen,” he told Sky News on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Mr Joyce later conducted a second interview on Sky, in which he backtracked from his earlier comments and confirmed the party’s policy did not extend to permanent residents.<\/p>\n

“On further investigation and discussions with One Nation, no, we are not going to be kicking permanent residents out of their house,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Split<\/p>\n

Barnaby Joyce misrepresented One Nation’s housing policy in an interview with Sky News’s Andrew Bolt. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

The interview prompted party leader Pauline Hanson to confirm the measures would not affect permanent residents.<\/p>\n

“If you are a temporary visa holder or a foreign citizen residing overseas, One Nation will give you two years to sell your property to an Australian,” she wrote on social media on Friday.<\/p>\n

“One Nation would remove the ability for international students, non-permanent residents, and non-Australian citizens from buying future property within Australia.”<\/p>\n

‘Turning into a train wreck’<\/p>\n

Confusion over the policy continued when One Nation senator Sean Bell could not provide details on what would happen if homes were not sold within the two-year time frame and whether the government would still be able to repossess them.<\/p>\n

“That is an excellent question, but what we’re saying, and it is perfectly reasonable to expect that homes in Australia go to Australian citizens,” he told Sydney radio station 2GB.<\/p>\n

Some of Barnaby’s colourful moments<\/a><\/p>\n

From threatening to euthanase Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s dogs to that notorious moment on a Canberra footpath, Barnaby Joyce’s career has had plenty of colour and movement.<\/p>\n

The interview ended early after host Mark Levy said it was “turning into a train wreck” and the senator needed clarity on the policy.<\/p>\n

“You can’t come on the radio and say ‘we’re going to give people two years to divest their property’ and then not answer the question,” Mr Levy said.<\/p>\n

Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume said One Nation was at a loss to explain how its housing plan would work.<\/p>\n

“I’m not entirely sure even One Nation knows their policy here, but if their policy is to kick people out of their homes, I think that that should set off alarm bells for millions of Australians, because that is a very new development,” she told Sky News.<\/p>\n

“Even Barnaby Joyce said, ‘Well, this policy is formative’.<\/p>\n

“What does that mean? It’s a slogan. It’s not a policy. It’s got no substance behind it.”<\/p>\n

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