{"id":369,"date":"2026-03-15T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsorbit.top\/?p=369"},"modified":"2026-03-15T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:22:16","slug":"blue-sky-flood-as-waters-reach-outskirts-of-longreach-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsorbit.top\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blue-sky flood\u2019 as waters reach outskirts of Longreach \u2013 as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This blog is now closed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Barnaby Joyce<\/strong> says he disagrees with his leader, <strong>Pauline Hanson<\/strong>, over inflammatory comments about Muslims but says parties criticising her haven\u2019t learned the lesson of One Nation\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson was censured in the Senate this month for suggesting there are no \u201cgood\u201d Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to give pastoral care, but I think attacking Pauline today does not work like people thought it might have worked 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>[People] see Pauline as having the courage to stand behind her convictions on certain issues.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll make it very clear, I do know people of the Islamic faith who are good people, without a shadow of a doubt.<\/p>\n<p>There are people of Islamic faith who are good. And she was referring to \u2026 trying to, how do you determine people who come from an area there where there\u2019s jihad, whether they\u2019re a good or bad? I don\u2019t know. Maybe you can do it by talking to them. I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2026\/mar\/15\/federal-politics-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-matt-canavan-coalition-barnaby-joyce-one-nation-iran-womens-football-team-asylum-offers-ntwnfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce says he disagrees with his leader, Pauline Hanson, over inflammatory comments about Muslims but says parties criticising her haven\u2019t learned the lesson of One Nation\u2019s rise. 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