Editorial

Editorial May 10, 2026 — 4:10pm

One Nation’s victory in the Farrer byelection poses a dilemma for a Liberal Party caught between being moderate in the city and less restrained in the regions to regain frittered support.

Pauline Hanson’s party has been handicapped by a preferential voting system allowing election of upper house members on small voting turnouts while restricting lower house success, but the Farrer landslide, in which her candidate David Farley romped home with 57 per cent of the two-party vote, has rewritten history.

Pauline Hanson and One Nation candidate David Farley in Albury on Thursday.…