With Farrer Win, One Nation Emerges as Major Threat to the Liberal Party
One Nation won Farrer with a decisive rural and Riverina swing, while cabinet sources say a one-off tax offset is now expected in 2027.
- On Saturday, One Nation candidate David Farley secured the seat of Farrer in a decisive victory, marking the party's first-ever House of Representatives win and ending the Coalition's 77-year hold on the electorate.
- Labor failed to field a candidate in the contest, while Liberal Party deputy leader Jane Hume attributed the loss to voters 'doing it tough' in the former electorate of Liberal Leader Sussan Ley.
- Hume accused Labor of lacking "the balls to turn up" to the by-election, while local activist Emma Hicks celebrated the result as culmination of year-long efforts keeping One Nation on voters' minds.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed the government will not introduce a bonus tax cut this year, maintaining modest relief worth about $5 a week for earners above $45,000.
- Following the Reserve Bank's decision last week to lift interest rates to 4.35 per cent, officials expect a potential one-off tax offset for wage earners in 2027 as the government manages debt and inflation.
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Labor the 'party of government'. Except in Farrer
Pauline Hanson’s protest movement won its first ever lower house seat in the Farrer by-election on Saturday. Labor didn’t contest it. What’s the scam? The scam is how the self-declared ‘party of government’ decided not to contest the seat vacated by ousted Liberal leader, Sussan Ley. One can only assume that Labor didn’t want to explain away a drop in votes, but in the process showed Farrer voters how little they cared about them. Labor has neve…
Deputy Says Liberal Party Needs to ‘Rebuild Trust’ After Loss to One Nation
Deputy Liberal Leader Jane Hume has conceded voters are losing trust in her party after One Nation’s historic victory in the Farrer by-election. One Nation’s David Farley easily won the New South Wales regional seat that the Coalition has held since 1949. “The community were feeling disillusioned. We’ve heard the message loud and clear. We need to rebuild trust,” Hume said on ABC News Breakfast on May 11. Hume urged voters to consider Opposition…
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