Overview
- Joyce and Pauline Hanson confirmed the move in Tamworth with a joint local radio appearance and statements released on Monday.
- He will continue to represent New England under the One Nation banner until the next federal election, then lead the party’s New South Wales Senate ticket.
- Joyce cited alignment on energy and immigration—opposing net zero, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and tightening migration—along with a breakdown with the Nationals.
- Hanson welcomed the defection as strengthening her party in parliament, with recent surveys placing One Nation’s primary support in the mid‑teens and indicating further gains with Joyce as a leading figure.
- Nationals leader David Littleproud criticised the decision as a shift to a protest party, as Resolve polling shows Coalition support at record lows and voters drifting to minor parties.