David doesn’t want to defect

Mr Farley dismissed the reports, thanking the PM for his offer but saying it still fell short of the resources required to represent an electorate the size of Farrer.

“I am not leaving One Nation,” he said.

“Representing Farrer in the House of Representatives requires political courage and tenacity, and I get that in spades with One Nation.”

Labor frontbencher Amanda Rushworth denied her party had tried to poach Mr Farley, telling Channel 7’s Sunrise Senator Hanson was “jumping at shadows”.

“If she’s already having trouble keeping her party together, it says something about her,” she said.