Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Barnaby Joyce was a staunch member of the National Party for a large part of his political career. So when the three-time party leader defected to One Nation last year, he left voters shocked, colleagues dismayed, and commentators asking whether it would last.
In this Australian Story, Joyce explains why he betrayed the party that made him and whether his political marriage to Pauline Hanson can last.
Also interviewed are wife Vikki Campion, former colleagues, critics and friends.
Australian Story is an award-winning ABC documentary program, dedicated to the power of the personal. For nearly 30 years, it has profiled the lives of extraordinary and everyday Australians in their own words, without a traditional narrator. The result is intimate, first-person stories built from interviews, archival footage, and personal accounts. Compelling stories about real people that illuminate, entertain and inspire.
Watch more full-length Australian Story documentaries free and ad-free on ABC iview. Search "ABC iview" on your smart TV or streaming device, find the ABC iview app on your mobile, or click here: https://iview.abc.net.au/
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Barnaby Joyce was a staunch member of the National Party for a large part of his political career. So when the three-time party leader defected to One Nation last year, he left voters shocked, colleagues dismayed, and commentators asking whether it would last.
In this Australian Story, Joyce explains why he betrayed the party that made him and whether his political marriage to Pauline Hanson can last.
Also interviewed are wife Vikki Campion, former colleagues, critics and friends.
Australian Story is an award-winning ABC documentary program, dedicated to the power of the personal. For nearly 30 years, it has profiled the lives of extraordinary and everyday Australians in their own words, without a traditional narrator. The result is intimate, first-person stories built from interviews, archival footage, and personal accounts. Compelling stories about real people that illuminate, entertain and inspire.
Watch more full-length Australian Story documentaries free and ad-free on ABC iview. Search "ABC iview" on your smart TV or streaming device, find the ABC iview app on your mobile, or click here: https://iview.abc.net.au/
Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5
Read more: bit.ly/3UgwE5l
#AustralianStory #BarnabyJoyce #OneNation
