{
  "id": 650727,
  "title": "Barnaby Joyce claims One Nation ‘one of the gayest parties in Australia’ as former candidate’s comments surface",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/barnaby-joyce-claims-one-nation-one-of-the-gayest-parties-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T09:21:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/12/barnaby-joyce-one-nation-paraminder-singh-homophobic-comments-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Barnaby Joyce has defended One Nation, saying it is \"one of the gayest parties in Australia\". This comes after comments surfaced from a former Western Australian legislative council candidate for One Nation.\n\nThe comments in question described same-sex attraction as a mental illness. According to The Guardian Australia, Barnaby Joyce was asked to respond to a series of these homophobic comments made in a video last month.\n\nThe comments were described as \"highly offensive\" by a One Nation MP. The video was first reported by ABC on Wednesday afternoon.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Barnaby Joyce claims One Nation ‘one of the gayest parties in Australia’ as former candidate’s comments surface",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/barnaby-joyce-claims-one-nation-one-of-the-gayest-parties-in-651747",
        "published": "2026-08-12T09:21:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}