George Christensen

Maverick Nationals MP George Christensen, who was set to retire at federal election, will instead join Paul...

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Rogue Coalition MP George Christensen prompts one of the early shocks of the 2022 election campaign, announcing he will run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation ...

The details of Mr Christensen's tilt for election in 2022 are expected to be revealed at a press conference with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson later this morning. Rogue former Coalition MP George Christensen has prompted one of the early shocks of the 2022 election campaign, announcing he will run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party at the May 21 election. George Christensen announces intention to run in 2022 federal election for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party

Maverick Queensland MP George Christensen has staged the ultimate reverse ferret by quitting politics only to announce his candidacy for One Nation.

He could make a switch to the Senate or run in his seat of Dawson against the Liberals. He will instead run as a One Nation candidate in a decision that’s set to shake up the federal election. In a curveball the LNP didn’t see coming, Mr Christensen has abandoned his plan to retire from parliament at the May 21 election.

Former federal Liberal National Party MP has changed his mind about retiring from Parliament, and will instead try a political comeback with One Nation.

“But I love a fight, I don’t shirk from a fight.” “Ultimately you don’t have job security … It’s up to the voters,” he said. “You don’t go off and speak to a minor party.”

Queensland MP George Christensen, who said he would retire at this election, will now run for Parliament for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, according to ...

Renegade MP George Christensen's decision to join Pauline Hanson's One Nation will put LNP strategists on edge – and could have massive ramifications for the country in the event of a hung parliament, writes Matthew Killoran. Matthew Killoran.

MAVERICK Queensland MP George Christensen has sensationally reneged on his decision to retire, revealing he has joined Pauline Hanson's One Nation and is ...

Rogue former Queensland LNP MP George Christensen has abandoned his plan to retire from parliament at the May 21 election and will run instead as a One ...

Christensen last year said he would be ending his decade-long career in federal parliament, and would not recontest his Mackay-based seat of Dawson.

In the interview, he said he should have joined One Nation “a long time ago” after realising their beliefs and views matched his, and explained Hanson had approached him last year about the move. However, the Courier Mail on Wednesday reported Christensen would instead be joining One Nation and seeking re-election at the May 21 poll. George Christensen joining One Nation after resigning from LNP

George Christensen will run for an unwinnable spot on the One Nation senate ticket, but would be next in line for the party should a senator retire.

Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who had tried to convince Mr Christensen to stay on in the seat of Dawson for the party, was "disappointed" to learn of his defection. "A Senate inquiry, it was found that there was nothing guilty that was done by George Christensen - so that was cleared by the senate inquiry and by the Commissioner himself," Senator Hanson said. Senator Hanson was asked if the party was concerned about a "dirty file" on Mr Christensen's activities in the Philippines.

George Christensen caused the government a heap of trouble while he was in the Nationals, and is set to be a pest now he's jumped ship.

One Nation was the only party in the parliament questioning “this religion of manmade climate change”. I’ve just realised One Nation is more in tune with those thoughts.” He rejected the gold-digging interpretation of his motives for running for One Nation. Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud earlier this year described him as a “free spirit” while disagreeing with him. Christensen and Joyce only spoke about his defection on Tuesday night. (Christensen claims he is already likely entitled to the money but this is denied by government sources.) In his book A Bigger Picture, Malcolm Turnbull has a diary entry saying Christensen kept threatening to move to the crossbench.

Outgoing Dawson MP George Christensen has put his potential replacements on the spot, asking if they would be willing to break party lines if it meant ...

George Christensen has changed his mind about retiring from politics and will now run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party.

It’s a significant step up from the 2019 election when we fielded candidates in about a third of Australian electorates. “We’ve been part of Australia’s political landscape for a whole generation now and we’re ready to offer every Australian voter the chance to elect a One Nation candidate. It is not clear at this point if Christensen will run for his Queensland electorate of Dawson or join leader Pauline Hanson on the party’s senate ticket.

The former federal Liberal National Party MP says One Nation approached him last year about running for the party at the 2022 federal election.

This will leave Mr Christensen as the third Senate candidate for One Nation. "People have lost their jobs. This will leave Mr Christensen as the third Senate candidate for One Nation. "They are looking for change, they are looking for representation, looking for people who will represent them on the floor apartment with integrity and honesty." "People have lost their jobs. "They are looking for change, they are looking for representation, looking for people who will represent them on the floor apartment with integrity and honesty."

Christensen was asked whether he was making the move for the $105000 resettlement allowance given to politicians when they lose their seat.

He’s entitled to a personal life, as am I, as is my wife, and as is his wife. It is disgraceful what you’re [a journalist] saying,” he said. She said she would not move Guruswamy from second on the ticket because of “loyalty”, adding that she had asked him to run last year. “It was found in the senate inquiry there was nothing guilty done by George Christensen, so that was cleared in the senate inquiry by the commissioner himself.” “I was reelected to parliament after the emergence of all this and the Australian Federal Police said I did nothing wrong.” Christensen said he was not concerned about former colleagues in the LNP leaking about him, or any “dirt file” being released.

Pauline Hanson spent much of her Wednesday morning press conference railing against migrants and multinational resource companies before introducing an ...

It is almost a year ago to the day that Mr Christensen first flagged he was leaving politics to spend more time for his family. “If the only job that I do is helping Pauline get back in there in the Senate, and maybe bringing a friend along with her in Raj Guruswamy than that’s the job done, because Pauline has been a warrior for common sense conservative issues,” Mr Christensen said. Christensen said he had checked with the clerk of parliament and said he would have been entitled to the payout anyway. Mr Christensen has increasingly drifted to the far right fringes of parliament and has been a vocal supporter of ‘pro freedom’ causes, something that has often caused headaches for his senior government figures. He retained Dawson in 2019 with a hefty margin of 14.6 per cent after a strong showing for the LNP in the Sunshine State. “But (Hanson) did ask me if I would join her Senate ticket and I said yes because after having a look at the One Nation policies, around these issues that I am passionate about, vaccine mandates, the response to government around Covid, which was a complete and utter overreach.” It is not clear when exactly Senator Hanson approached Mr Christensen to try and continue in Canberra with One Nation – or when he made the decision himself – but he told media he always knew he did not want to run again in Dawson. “That decision was made, that decision came and went,” Mr Christensen told media in Brisbane. “I think this is a great opportunity that is provided by Pauline to see what I can do to assist in Australia getting back to its glory days in terms of manufacturing, getting into the resource sector,” he said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Christensen is set to get a $105,000 payout even if he fails to nab an unlikely Senate spot for One Nation at the federal election. Mr Christensen's tilt at the Senate comes almost a year after he announced his retirement from federal politics, and six days after he quit the LNP because it had “failed to take action against vaccine mandates”, veered away from its conservative roots, and announced a 2050 net zero emissions target. “We are a resource rich country, yet we fail to actually impact on that ... when we are the largest exporter of LNG gas,” she said.

The maverick MP's One Nation reelection bid isn't about winning a seat. It's about gaining money and attention by taking advantage of us.

This is just the latest example of Christensen abusing the weaknesses of the media for a spectacle. Between buttons promoting the various platforms that he uses to spew bullshit, he starts his bio off with three telling words: “Former Australian politician.” Well, attention is money in the time of social media. When news came out this morning, I and hundreds of thousands of Australians got a push alert about the news. On Tuesday the former Queensland Liberal-National Party member for the seat of Dawson told the media that he was back-pedalling on his promise that kicked off a year-long John Farnham-esque retirement tour. There are two other reasons why he has decided to run for Parliament without expecting to be reelected: money and attention.

Maverick former LNP George Christensen has secured a $100000 taxpayer-funded prize – even if his surprise One Nation Senate bid fails, as is predicted.

The MP said there were records that local branches had asked party officials to formally tear up his nomination form. Even for a man still caught up in the power of his political reawakening, Mr Christensen could still yet find time to feel grateful that he has inadvertently secured himself a plan B. Last election, One Nation managed less than 9 per cent. Even as he was engulfed by scandal as the “member for Manila” and revealed to have been under investigation for multiple trips to the Philippines, Mr Christensen recorded a more-than-handy 10-point swing towards him at the 2019 election. Mr Christensen said on Wednesday that he ought to have joined One Nation “a long time ago” given the philosophical split between him and his former Liberal-National party on issues such as vaccinations. Even if he does not – and he absolutely will not – get elected to the Senate in May as the No.3 candidate for One Nation in Queensland, George Christensen still walks home the winner of a $100,000 taxpayer-funded prize.