Secret Harbour by-election: One Nation eyes first WA lower-house seat
One Nation, bankrolled by mining magnate Gina Rinehart, is locked in a fierce battle with Labor in the Secret Harbour by-election, which could deliver the party its first seat in the WA lower house. The contest is unfolding against the backdrop of the explosive GST fight, with Pauline Hanson having flipped to defend WA's deal. Listen for what a One Nation win would mean for WA politics and the Rinehart-backed rise of the party.
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One Nation is targeting Secret Harbour as their first-ever seat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
Labor faces a nineteen point eight percentage point swing in a seat they previously held comfortably.
Gina Rinehart donated a private aircraft valued at over one million dollars to support party travel.
One Nation selected candidate Luke Herdegen from a competitive pool of eighty-eight applicants.
Corporate donors contributed approximately two million dollars to the party in early twenty twenty-six.
The party strategy involves ranking Labor last and the Greens second-to-last on preference tickets.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Battle for Secret Harbour2 min
- 03The One Nation Surge2 min
- 04The Rinehart Connection3 min
- 05Tactics and Implications2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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