[Rob Harris](safari-reader:// www.smh.com.au/by/rob-harris-h1g5tc)April 29, 2026 — 3:45pm

Last year, ahead of the federal election, David Farley jumped on Facebook to hail independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe as a “straight shooter” and a “good” woman.

This year, he wants to beat her [for Pauline Hanson](safari-reader:// www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/getup-throwing-600k-at-trump-themed-byelection-campaign-to-defeat-hanson-20260420-p5zpag.html) in Farrer.

You might call that evolution. Others might call it something else.

Because before the questions about his failed attempt to run for Labor, before the talk of a long political search for a home that matched his values, there is this remarkable fact hiding in plain sight: the One Nation candidate in Farrer was publicly supportive of the independent he now wants voters to reject.

And it didn’t stop at kind words.…