Barnaby Joyce blames campaign ‘pressure’ after One Nation Farrer candidate contradicts party on immigration

<p>David Farley says net overseas migration of 306,000 ‘probably not’ too much despite party policy to cap migrants at 130,000 per year</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/03/politics-updates-liberals-nepean-byelection-victoria-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-matt-canavan-nationals-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Barnaby Joyce has blamed “the pressure of a campaign” for One Nation’s Farrer candidate contradicting party policy on immigration and appearing to endorse Labor’s current intake.</p><p>The One Nation MP also claimed voters won’t worry about Gina Rinehart’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/29/pauline-hanson-new-private-plane-gina-rinehart-assosciates-ntwnfb">million-dollar donation of a private plane </a>to Pauline Hanson’s party, claiming journalists were more interested than ordinary people in the lucrative gift from Rinehart’s company.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/03/barnaby-joyce-blames-campaign-pressure-after-one-nations-farrer-candidates-immigration-slip-up-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>