<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation's most high-profile defector said the conservative party will only gain more popularity in future elections after a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-election-one-nation-success-is-a-federal-lesson-that-people-are-angry/68e12389-3055-461d-8163-1509ef5bbc10" rel="" target="_blank" title="shock surge in the South Australian polls."><span>shock surge in the South Australian polls.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/barnaby-joyce" rel="" target="_blank" title="Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce"><span>Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce</span></a><span>, who joined Pauline Hanson's party in December after a fallout with the Coalition's junior partner, has celebrated One Nation's first successful election test with a promise: this is only the beginning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He echoed Hanson's words from yesterday that a "clear message" is being sent to both major parties.</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.nine.com.au/?rf=true#:~:text=%27They%20don%27t%20like%20any%20of%20us%27%3A%20One%20Nation%27s%20surge%20is%20now%20a%20federal%20threat" target="_blank" title="'They don't like any of us': One Nation's surge is now a federal threat"><strong><span>'They don't like any of us': One Nation's surge is now a federal threat</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Politics in Australia has changed and this is confirmation of it," Joyce told </span><em><span>Today</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation appears to have fulfilled poll predictions and achieved its best electoral result in decades, an outcome that is certain to send shockwaves across borders and into Canberra.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Joyce said One Nation's primary vote of over 21 per cent in the SA election won't be a flash in the pan.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-election-one-nation-barnaby-joyce-says-party-will-only-grow-in-future-elections/024542f5-fa77-4b62-a31a-a40f3fcb9d45" data-widget-id="AR_5"></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/middle-east-war-petrol-prices-australia-police-warn-fuel-theft-is-on-the-rise/a4a8f8ed-7383-47dd-9cdc-d684ed2d200d" target="_blank" title="Petrol theft on the rise as calls for fuel rationing ramp up in Australia"><strong><span>Petrol theft on the rise as calls for fuel rationing ramp up in Australia</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/us-israel-iran-war-donald-trump-threatens-to-obliterate-iran-power-plants/55c941e2-e4d0-4da8-a4f9-bfeb4f529903" rel="" target="_blank" title="Trump's ominous ultimatum to Iran: You have 48 hours"><strong><span>Trump's ominous ultimatum to Iran: You have 48 hours</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think that's what people want, the world's changed and people have got to realise it," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It started in South Australia, next stop Farrer, then Victorian elections, and we will keep growing and growing and growing."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Peter Malinauskas' victory may have been a landslide, but both Labor and the Coalition lost voters to One Nation yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Labor's primary vote still dipped slightly to around 38 per cent while the LNP is sitting at under 19 per cent, with just over half of the votes counted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Voters are turning to One Nation, it seems, in droves due to the ongoing economic issues impacting Australian households, Joyce said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said One Nation has transformed into a "viable, professional outfit" in the eyes of voters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a constituency that is both former Liberal and National voters and also blue collar Labor party voters and people that just think that Australia needs to take a different direction, unless we're going to have problems," Joyce added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here 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