Australia news live: Ley urges Liberals to accept Farrer loss to One Nation with ‘humility’, saying ‘voters never get it wrong’

Former Liberal party leader resigned as member for Farrer after she was dumped as opposition leader.

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Hello and welcome to this Sunday 10 May.


And welcome, too, to an upturned political order in Australia, after One Nation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/09/farrer-byelection-results-one-nation-michelle-milthorpe-coalition">won its first ever lower house seat at the Farrer byelection.

Pauline Hanson says her rightwing populist party is coming after Coalition and Labor seats around Australia, declaring her supporters want to “take the country back” after winning an emphatic victory on Saturday.

The result is stunning for a number of reasons: One Nation candidate David Farley finished in a two-party contest with independent Michelle Milthorpe.

It was a jarring visual for political watchers used to seeing elections as red vs blue contests.