Barnaby Joyce claims One Nation ‘one of the gayest parties in Australia’ as former candidate’s comments surface

<p>One Nation MP says failed WA candidate’s comments describing same-sex attraction as a mental illness are ‘highly offensive’</p><ul><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 defended One Nation as “one of the gayest parties in Australia” after comments surfaced from one of its failed candidate describing same-sex attraction as a mental illness.</p><p>The former National turned One Nation MP was asked to respond to a series of homophobic comments made by a former Western Australian legislative council candidate for One Nation in a video last month, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/parminder-singh-one-nation-parminder-singh/107027568">as first reported by ABC</a> on Wednesday afternoon.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/12/barnaby-joyce-one-nation-paraminder-singh-homophobic-comments-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>