Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts’ “views are not worthy of being a senator” following a string of controversial past remarks.

In a 2024 interview between Mr Roberts and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, that re-emerged this week, the senator praised Jones and called him a “beacon of hope”.

He also labelled the United States government a “terrorist organisation” during his appearance on InfoWars’ “The Alex Jones Show”.

Earlier this year, Mr Roberts also failed to dismiss the suggestion that the Bondi terror attack was a “false flag”.

The ABC on Saturday then revealed that Mr Roberts previously made links between vaccinations against Covid-19 and miscarriage rates in women, contradicting medical evidence.

Questioned about Mr Roberts’ controversial remarks, the Prime Minister said the Senator “has had a history of promoting conspiracy theories, saying things that were simply not true.”

“In many cases, saying things are dangerous such as being anti-vaccination,” he said at a press conference on Saturday.

Referring to Mr Roberts’ previous “terrorist organisation” claim, Mr Albanese said the US was Australia’s “major ally”.

“This is a guy who’s been elected and re-elected and endorsed and re-endorsed multiple times by Pauline Hanson and One Nation,” the Prime Minister said.

“And his views are not worthy of being a senator, but he’s elected.

“This is the risk that people take when they vote for people who are on the fringes of politics.

“In this case, someone who has had a long history of supporting conspiracies.”

It comes after One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce distanced himself from Mr Roberts after the re-emergence of the Senator’s 2024 interview with Jones – whose past claims include that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.

Mr Joyce on Tuesday told Sky News host Laura Jayes he was “not going to carpet” Mr Roberts over his praise of Jones.

“I think these are questions for Malcolm to answer on your show,” Mr Joyce said.

“I do not believe for one second that Sandy Hook was a false flag, obviously nor was Bondi, and I don’t believe that the United States is a terrorist organisation.

“We do in One Nation give people the liberty to state their views and Malcolm’s stating his and he’s entitled to do that.

“But … just because one member of One Nation says something, it doesn’t mean it’s policy, just like any member of the backbench in the Labor Party.”

Pressed further about his colleague’s praise of Jones, Mr Joyce said he was “not going to go into some sort of personal affray”.

“But I’m just going to state quite clearly that these issues are not as One Nation sees them,” he said.

Mr Roberts began his interview with Jones in 2024 by telling the conspiracy theorist: “Thank you so much for what you’ve been doing”.

He then called the US government a “terrorist organisation” and thanked Jones again as their conversation concluded, calling him a “beacon of hope around the world”.

In May this year, Mr Roberts was asked by YouTuber Lisa Jane Spencer if he thought last year’s Bondi massacre was a “false flag”.

“I haven’t got the evidence. I doubt whether it was [a] false flag,” he responded.

“You asked me if I thought it was a false flag. If I make a statement, it’s got to be backed by fact. I don’t have the facts yet. I’m not ruling it out. You notice that?”

Mr Roberts was asked why he did not rule out the attack being a false flag during a press conference in May.

“First of all, it’s an absurd proposition,” Mr Roberts said.

“Second thing is that I reinforce the fact that I make decisions and statements based on data, and I don’t have data.”

On Saturday, the ABC reported that Mr Roberts previously claimed that half of pregnant women who received vaccinations against Covid-19 had experienced a miscarriage.

The remarks, made during a livestream four years ago, contradicted medical evidence.