Push and shove as One Nation eyes its first big win

Push and shove as One Nation eyes its first big win

From The Front by The Australian

May 7, 2026 · 14 min

About this episode

The episode discusses One Nation's potential first federal lower house seat and the dramatic events surrounding the Farrer by-election.

One Nation’s on the brink of collecting its first federal lower house seat, and there’s been physical altercations at the polling booths already. Today, political editor Geoff Chambers on the very dramatic race for Farrer, the seat that’s up for grabs after the retirement of former Liberal leader Sussan Ley.   Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel . Vacant Ley or valiantly: Libs still headed for defeat in Farrer by-election One Nation makes accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith its poster boy for Farrer by-election Nationals’ leader Matt Canavan ‘worried’ about country, not losing Farrer Farrer candidate Michelle Milthorpe lent on Climate 200 donors for help with six-figure campaign costs This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Claire Harvey

Guest: Geoff Chambers

Topics covered

  • politics
  • by-election
  • One Nation
  • Farrer
  • Sussan Ley
  • campaign

Keywords

  • One Nation
  • Farrer
  • by-election
  • Sussan Ley
  • Geoff Chambers
  • political race
  • campaign costs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, Climate 200

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