Overview
- Independent Michelle Milthorpe stepped up her attack on David Farley’s credibility, citing reports he sought Labor preselection in 2021 and made a small Labor donation in 2023.
- Opposition leader Angus Taylor defended putting One Nation ahead of Milthorpe on Coalition how-to-vote cards, calling it the “least worst option.”
- Both the Liberal and National parties are directing preferences to Farley, setting up a count where preference transfers are likely to decide the winner.
- Published polling and betting markets show Farley and Milthorpe running neck and neck, with voters focused on water buybacks, regional health care, energy and the cost of living.
- Farrer has been held by the Coalition since 1949, so a Farley win would break that run and give One Nation its first seat in the House of Representatives.