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Barnaby Joyce ‘100%’ supports banning people from specific countries entering Australia

One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce said he would support banning migration from specific countries this morning amid controversy over a leaked hardline Liberal immigration plan drafted before Sussan Ley was ousted as the party’s leader last week.

Yep, 100%. Because until they get their acts together, we’re not going to try and sort of re-litigate what’s going on in their heads over here …

If there’s an unreasonable risk, you just don’t come from that area. If you want a solution to that, go back to that area and tell them to solve their own problems.

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