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Meanwhile authorities say little can be done to salvage flooded homes along the Top End’s swollen Daly river. Follow the day’s updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce says he disagrees with his leader, Pauline Hanson , over inflammatory comments about Muslims but says parties criticising her haven’t learned the lesson of One Nation’s rise. Hanson was censured in the Senate this month for suggesting there are no “good” Muslims. I don’t want to give pastoral care, but I think attacking Pauline today does not work like people thought it might have worked 15 years ago. [People] see Pauline as having the courage to stand behind her convictions on certain issues. I’ll make it very clear, I do know people of the Islamic faith who are good people, without a shadow of a doubt. There are people of Islamic faith who are good. And she was referring to … trying to, how do you determine people who come from an area there where there’s jihad, whether they’re a good or bad? I don’t know. Maybe you can do it by talking to them. I can’t. Continue reading...