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Joyce says One Nation won’t get ‘carried away’ after saying its fundraised millions

One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce is speaking now, saying the millions in fundraising the party has raised in recent days will go towards “the removal of the Labor party because they have not been good for Australia”.

The election is still somewhere away, and polls are indicators, not votes.
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