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.
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’m a bit worried about this pile-on … If all of us are going to be held to all our past discretions and behaviour, then let’s have everybody in any parliament give a complete sort of display of every fault we’ve ever had.”
He said he remained satisfied by One Nation’s vetting process for prospective candidates.
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