One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said the party was confident its leader in Victoria, Warren Pickering, had turned his life around as he urged the public to avoid a “pile-on” in response to reports about Pickering’s past behaviour.

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Yesterday, Pickering called a press conference in which he admitted he had made mistakes as a young man and had “utilised illegal drugs” including speed, amphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana, after initially denying the allegations of drug use made by his former partner on Monday.

“I think if they’ve moved on, if they’ve turned their life around, then there’s a redemptive quality to it,” Joyce told News24.

“I’…

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