Australia NewsSenator Pauline Hanson waves to the crowd at a Put Australia First Rally in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 30, 2025. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty ImagesAAP3/21/2026|Updated: 3/21/20260:00The Liberals have a lot of work to do to rebuild trust after state voters handed Senator Pauline Hanson’s One Nation its best election result in decades, a senior party figure has conceded.More than one in five voters across South Australia put the anti-immigration party first on their ballot paper, based on Sunday morning counts, leaving it second only to Labor, which returned to power in a landslide victory.
Sobering Lesson for Liberals From One Nation Surge
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