Canavan swags it in Farrer while the Coalition outsources its preferences to Hanson

Guardian Australia · Petra Stock · Sunday 3 May 2026

Canavan swags it in Farrer while the Coalition outsources its preferences to Hanson

Allan needles the Liberals over their One Nation dependence in Victoria as Canavan defends preferencing Hanson above an independent in the Farrer by-election.

Canavan's been in a swag for ten nights and reckons that's the qualification for Farrer — mate, sleeping rough doesn't make you a senator, it makes you a backpacker. Meanwhile he's preferencing One Nation above an independent because 'socialists always go last,' which is an interesting framework when the independent's a local irrigator and the One Nation candidate couldn't find the Murray on a map.

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