<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rebel Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has said he was keeping open a potential switch to One Nation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former deputy prime minister was speaking on Today this morning as the National and Liberal parties continue to struggle over a united policy on net zero carbon emissions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>For weeks, there has been speculation Joyce will defect to Pauline Hanson's One Nation since he announced he would not recontest his New England seat in NSW at the next election and cited policy differences with the Nationals Party.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gst-deal-wa-advertising-campaign-productivity-commission-review-explained/2032e532-b8fa-4d49-bb13-e7bac2292608" target="_blank" title="Why Western Australia is launching a million-dollar advertising blitz to save the 'worst policy of the 21st century'"><strong><span>Why Western Australia is launching a million-dollar advertising blitz to save the 'worst policy of the 21st century'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Joyce continued to keep the option of switching open, hinting it gave him stronger leverage. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I keep the cards close to my chest ... because when you're on the backbench, that's all you got," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ex Nationals leader said he was happy with the part he played in convincing the party to abandon its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050, announced last Sunday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/barnaby-joyce-keeping-open-potential-one-nation-switch/a8ffb2f2-d292-40e8-8ff4-c2696eba0c69" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Joyce said he had no regrets about his role in what has become a major policy split for the Coalition, saying energy policy had contributed to its electoral defeat in May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We had a policy at the last election that supported net zero and we got our electoral backside handed to us on a plate."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Liberal MPs have been holding meetings to form a united position on energy and net zero emissions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The leadership of Sussan Ley remains under scrutiny as she tries to keep the party united in the face of dire polling numbers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A poll released this week revealed voters are abandoning the Coaltion, with support for embattled Ley crashing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The primary vote for the Coalition has slumped to 24 per cent, while Labor is at 36 per cent, according to a Newspoll published in </span><em><span>The Australian</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em><span> </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span></div></div>