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Tom McIlroy<\/p>\nJoyce says he disagrees with Hanson’s inflammatory comments against Muslim AustraliansTom McIlroy<\/p>\n
Barnaby Joyce says he disagrees with his leader, Pauline Hanson, over inflammatory comments about Muslims, but says parties criticising her haven\u2019t learned the lesson of One Nation\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n
Hanson was censured in the Senate earlier this month for suggesting there are no \u201cgood\u201d Muslims.<\/p>\n
During an interview about the return of Australian women and children linked to Islamic State militants, she told Sky News: \u201cYou say, \u2018Well, there\u2019s good Muslims out there.\u2019 How can you tell me there are good Muslims?\u201d<\/p>\n
On ABC TV on Sunday, Joyce, who quit the Nationals to join Hanson\u2019s party last year, said there were good Muslims.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to give pastoral care, but I think attacking Pauline today does not work like people thought it might have worked 15 years ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
double quotation mark[People] see Pauline as having the courage to stand behind her convictions on certain issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Muslims?\u201d host David Speers pushed back.<\/p>\n
\u201cNuancing what she said might have been better,\u201d Joyce acknowledged.<\/p>\n
double quotation markI\u2019ll make it very clear, I do know people of the Islamic faith who are good people, without a shadow of a doubt.<\/p>\n
He went on to cite verses of the Qur\u2019an and argued complete and literal belief with some religious texts were incompatible with living in modern Australia.<\/p>\n
double quotation markThere are people of Islamic faith who are good. And she was referring to \u2026 trying to, how do you determine people who come from an area there where there\u2019s jihad, whether they\u2019re a good or bad? I don\u2019t know. Maybe you can do it by talking to them. I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n
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Crisafulli said the name would \u201cmake a remarkable ability to market it\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe name is fitting of what that facility is. It\u2019s clearly able to be marketed across the globe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n double quotation markIn years to come, when people say the Glasshouse theatre, they will know where it is, what it looks like and its key attributes. There couldn\u2019t be a more appropriate name, which is why Queenslanders backed it.<\/p>\n Guardian Australia exclusively revealed that the arts minister, John-Paul Langbroek, signed off on the change months before holding a vote on the name. The vote didn\u2019t include Oodgeroo\u2019s name as an option.<\/p>\n But the premier said they\u2019re considering naming something else after the Indigenous poet from Minjerribah\/North Stradbroke Island.<\/p>\n \u201cRegarding honouring that individual, we should find ways to do that; she\u2019s significant and we should,\u201d Crisafulli said.<\/p>\n The Queensland arts minister, John-Paul Langbroek. Photograph: Darren England\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.06 EDT<\/p>\n You can follow the Guardian\u2019s live blog covering the Middle East crisis here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n How is the disruption in Iran\u2019s strait of Hormuz affecting Australia?<\/p>\n The Middle East conflict is causing huge disruptions to energy supplies, with knock-on effects reaching far beyond petrol prices.<\/p>\n Guardian Australia\u2019s Catie McLeod and Jonathan Barrett have explained five ways the \u201clargest supply disruption in history\u201d<\/a> in global oil markets is affecting Australia.<\/p>\n From the cost of crucial imported goods to the purchasing decisions made by consumers, read the explainer here:<\/p>\n A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters. 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Read more here:<\/p>\n NT chief minister Lia Finocchiaro (centre) speaks to media. Photograph: Lloyd Jones\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.57 EDT<\/p>\n F1 cancels Bahrain and Saudi Arabia grands prix<\/p>\n Formula One has cancelled the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia grands prix because of the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n The races were due to take place on 12 April in Bahrain and 19 April in Saudi Arabia but the sport was approaching the point at which a decision on cancellation<\/a> needed to be made to prevent more freight being sent to Bahrain.<\/p>\n In a statement the sport\u2019s governing body, the FIA, and F1 conceded they had been left with no choice but to cancel the races for the safety of everyone involved.<\/p>\n Read more here:<\/p>\n![\"Andrew](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773541089_223_Andrew_Messenger.png\")
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