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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/19/chemtrails-to-covid-malcolm-roberts-conspiracy-theory-beliefs-under-scrutiny-amid-one-nation-surge-in-polls>
"Malcolm Roberts has claimed a cabal of ultra-elite figures is behind the
global shift towards green energy, while declaring the Covid-19 vaccines were
bioweapons to control the world, the latest in a series of resurfaced
conspiracy-related comments from the One Nation senator.
Roberts, 71, who was elected as senator a decade ago and is the longest-serving
One Nation member after party leader Pauline Hanson, has long espoused various
conspiracy theories.
But his views have come under intense scrutiny after the party surged in polls
over the first half of 2026, surpassing the Coalition and briefly, Labor,
though support appears to have slipped slightly in recent weeks.
The reports in national newspapers come as Hanson finds herself under pressure
over a “fact-finding” mission to the UK, meeting with far-right activist and
convicted criminal, Tommy Robinson. Hanson was also photographed on a
Mediterranean jaunt with Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, in images
first published by the
AFR.
Roberts, a former mining engineer who spent a number of years rallying against
the existence of global warming, is now under scrutiny after, in 2024, he
praised US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as a “beacon of hope” and lauded the
Russian president, Vladimir Putin, after his invasion of Ukraine."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
