SMH · Rob Harris, Paul Sakkal · Monday 4 May 2026
Senior One Nation figures fear Farrer byelection candidate David Farley won't survive within the party if elected — which raises the question of what, exactly, they thought they were preselecting.
One Nation's senior figures worried their candidate won't last the distance — mate, the party's whole business model is candidates who don't last the distance. Hanson's been running the same audition for thirty years: find a bloke angry enough to win a byelection, then act surprised when he turns out angry. The dog catches the car and the party can't work out why there's barking in the cabin.