Australia's Trump-aligned populists vow to fight mass migration after winning first lower house seat

MP floats One Nation switch

The shock result in the Farrer by-election has unsettled conservative ranks in regional NSW, fuelling wider questions about party stability and voter alignment.

Australia's trump-aligned populists vow to fight mass migration

Sydney: Australia's right-wing populist One Nation party, which wants to emulate U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive deportations, vowed to focus on ending mass migration after winning its first seat in the country's lower house.Saturday's by-election win by farmer David Farley in the rural seat of Farrer, some 550 km (340 miles) south of Sydney, does not affect the majority of centre-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as the seat was pr…

Far-right Australian party snatches seat in election first

Australia’s far-right One Nation Party won its first Lower House election battle by a wide margin on Saturday, snatching a seat held by traditional...

Far-right populist party in Australia wins race seen as a key test

On Saturday, the party’s candidate won a special election to fill the seat of Farrer, a rural, agricultural area along the sinuous Murray River in the state of New South Wales.

Australia's One Nation scores historic win in by-election

It's the first time the party has won a Lower House seat in federal Parliament.

One Nation claims historic win in Farrer in poll seen as litmus test for Coalition

Voters in the southern New South Wales seat of Farrer have headed to the polls to choose a new MP after their former representative Sussan Ley resigned from parliament. Analysts say the vote could have lasting consequences for the coalition.