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18 August 2026

One Nation wants to restrict migration. A town in Barnaby Joyce's electorate welcomes it – video

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

One Nation wants to restrict migration. A town in Barnaby Joyce's electorate welcomes it – video

Since 2018, the New South Wales city of Armidale has been a designated site for resettling refugees. It's a town that sits within the electorate of Barnaby Joyce. While Joyce was a key voice supporting Armidale's establishment as a refugee resettlement site, he's since defected from the Nationals to One Nation, a party which wants to ban all migrants who don't speak English. Guardian Australia's community affairs reporter Adeshola Ore travels to Armidale to speak with Joyce and community members, including refugees, to find out how the town squares with One Nation's vision of a monoculture Barnaby Joyce backs One Nation's 'monocultural' vision of Australia. But the reality in his NSW electorate is very different

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