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‘Rule it out’: Barnaby Joyce doubles down on China links to outage questions

2026-07-12 News & Politics
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One Nation Treasury Spokesperson Barnaby Joyce defends raising the possibility of Chinese involvement in the Telstra outage, arguing the government still hasn't ruled out the scenario despite dismissing the speculation. “I said at the time, it’s quite clear when you played the interview that it's something that should be ruled out,” Mr Joyce told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. “I just heard the minister speaking then, and I didn’t hear it ruled out. “I think it was a reasonable question to ask.”

Top Comments (10)

@roblockwood116 2026-07-12

Onya Barnaby. Telstra have sent all their data and call centres overseas. It is a National Security risk.

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@JohnSmith-f7c 2026-07-12

Changing the whole structure of our country to a multicultural society is something that should have been taken to a referendum.

176 10 replies
@vindenis6844 2026-07-12

Swear allegiance to Australia above all.

168 2 replies
@Apu-h7b 2026-07-12

Barnaby is pretty articulate when answering questions .

163 14 replies
@derp562 2026-07-12

One people One culture , one flag . Not hard to understand .

126 3 replies
@CeLaVie-xd8to 2026-07-12

Barnaby for Our One Nation Treasurer , no spin, no retoric, just common sence.

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@BG-pt7fy 2026-07-12

Are we honestly going to fixate on a word "monoculture" and totally miss the fundamental point with which every sensible person should agree?

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@dfor50 2026-07-12

Well said Barnaby.

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@LynScott-u6v 2026-07-12

If I ran my household budget like the government runs theirs I would be homeless and hungry. What is really sad there are People that are homeless and children hungry they feel like they don’t have a future in the once lucky country. But the government keep letting migrants in to suck more of our taxpayers money.

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@joebloggs8401 2026-07-12

Barnaby showing his experience there !! This is what Australia needs . Save our country !!

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