<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Barnaby Joyce is reportedly considering defecting from the Nationals to join Pauline Hanson's One Nation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Member for New England was first elected to the Senate in 2004 and shifted to the House of Representatives in 2013.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Joyce is the former leader of the Nationals and served as deputy prime minister for conservative governments before his dramatic fall from grace within the party, quitting both of those roles in 2018 amid pressure over his relationship with his former staffer Vikki Campion.</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/camping-found-after-nine-day-search/9c64827f-2e7a-49b6-9e96-3eee8735d93d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Missing camper tells of miracle rescue after nine-day ordeal</span></strong></a></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/woolworths-ai-job-interviews-jamie-rejected-exclusive/f3fc936d-4190-4f9b-b832-9648a8c8c9e7" target="_blank"><strong><span>Aussie jobseeker rejected from Woolies job after AI interviews</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neither Joyce nor Hanson denied the speculation that the defection was being considered when questioned today by </span><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/joyce-in-talks-with-pauline-hanson-to-join-one-nation-20251017-p5n3cq.html?btis=" rel="" target="" title="The Sydney Morning Herald"><em><span>The Sydney Morning Herald</span></em></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If Barnaby wants to come to One Nation, I'd be happy to have him," Hanson told the newspaper.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/barnaby-joyce-reportedly-in-talks-to-defect-to-pauline-hanson-one-nation/5bcdbd65-91c2-49bf-89e6-3260da6b783b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><em><span>SMH</span></em><span> reports that Joyce is in "advanced talks" to make the defection, which would be a major blow to the Nationals and could potentially convince others to leave the party for the further right-wing One Nation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Coalition has struggled with some internal frustrations under the leadership of Sussan Ley, who was elected in May to replace Peter Dutton following Labor's landslide victory at the polls.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><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></em></strong><strong><span> </span></strong><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><strong><span> </span></strong><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><strong><span> </span></strong><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>