One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has slammed Barnaby Joyce for suggesting struggling drought-stricken farmers should consider leaving the land.

About 200 Queensland farmers have been stripped of government assistance at a time when they need it most.

The former deputy prime minister responded to concerns over the move by telling “people who have not made a profit in the last ten years” to “seriously think what are you doing with your life, what are you doing on the land?”

Senator Hanson tells Ben Fordham his comments have “angered” her.

“I know Barnaby, and I speak to him, but sometimes when it comes to politics I’m sorry, he’s as useless as tits on a bull.

“He was the deputy prime minister of this country. What has been done? Absolutely nothing has been done about it.

“It breaks my heart what is happening in this country.

“What we’ve allowed our governments to do is destroy our right to our way of life.”

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