Overview
- One Nation secured Narungga by 58 votes after a recount, giving Chantelle Thomas a seat and lifting the party to four MPs in South Australia’s lower house.
- Labor holds a commanding 34 of 47 lower-house seats, with the Liberals on five, One Nation on four and four independents, while One Nation’s three upper-house members bring its SA caucus to seven.
- State leader Cory Bernardi called the result a seismic shift and set priorities that include easing living costs, reforming local councils, opposing net zero and overturning South Australia’s Voice to Parliament.
- Pauline Hanson said the party won nearly 23 percent of the SA vote and flagged campaigns in Victoria’s November election and the federal Farrer by-election, which pollster Kos Samaras warns could hit regional Coalition seats.
- The ABC reported it was barred from a One Nation media event, a flashpoint that sits alongside past party churn, including 1998 Queensland defections and SA MP Sarah Game’s 2025 exit.