Australia’s populist One Nation scores first-ever lower house victory
Key takeaways
- The far-right party’s winning candidate, David Farley, has advocated for stricter migration and farming reforms.
- Farley had a projected 59.1 percent of the vote, compared with 40.8 percent for his independent opponent Michelle Milthorpe, according to the ABC.
- “It’s very clear, the next member for Farrer is David Farley,” ABC election analyst Casey Briggs said in a broadcast. “It’s not a close result.”
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The far-right party’s winning candidate, David Farley, has advocated for stricter migration and farming reforms.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and winning candidate David Farley embrace as their party wins the Farrer by-election on May 9, in Albury, Australia [Jesse Thompson/Getty Images]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026Australia’s far-right One Nation party has captured a seat in the country’s House of Representatives for the first time, according to preliminary election results.
David Farley, a former agribusiness consultant, is on course for a decisive victory in the special election for Australia’s southwestern division of Farrer, located in New South Wales state, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.