Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election.

But the maverick MP is not switching to One Nation immediately, despite widespread expectations and his much-publicised tete-a-tete dinner with party leader Pauline Hanson earlier this week.

Joyce announced his resignation from the Nationals in a brief speech to the House of Representatives before question time on Thursday, and elaborated to the media........

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