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One Nation claims new 'heartland' in WA as Labor, Liberals look to learn from defeat
One Nation’s 39.08% primary vote in Secret Harbour signals growing support from cost-of-living and housing concerns, officials said.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned Australians "owe it to history" to defeat One Nation, following the party's historic by-election victory in Western Australia's Secret Harbour on Saturday.
- The insurgent party secured the traditionally safe Labor electorate with a commanding 57% to 43% two-party preferred vote, marking its first seat win from Labor since the 1998 Queensland state election.
- Albanese slammed the party as "dangerous, divisive," labeling the potential Liberals-Nationals-One Nation alliance a "coalition of chaos" that threatens Australia's cohesion and economy.
- Labor candidate Georgia Tree conceded defeat Sunday morning, while Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles warned the result signals a fight between Labor and a far-right coalition at the next election.
- As One Nation gains momentum, the party is recruiting candidates for the New South Wales election next March, aiming to leverage the grievance sentiment that secured the Secret Harbour upset.
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MASSIVE.NEWSView from The Hill: Fresh from its WA triumph, how will One Nation do in the eastern trenches?
Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player. But Saturday’s result in the Western Australian state seat will raise a couple of notches in the major parties’ perception of the political threat level it represents. In particular, it will remove any Labor complacency that One Nation is just a problem for the conservatives – not that the more astute in Labor’s ranks b…
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‘Dangerous, divisive, dishonest’: Albanese, Chalmers take aim at One Nation
A day after One Nation secured a historic byelection win in WA, the PM told Labor faithful they must defeat hard-right populists at the next election, declaring “we owe it to the nation”.
·North Sydney, Australia
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