Waking up in One Nation country: after the Coalition demolition, voters wait to see if Pauline Hanson’s party can deliver

A disaffected constituency that delivered a historic victory to the minor party also dashed ambitions of independent Michelle Milthorpe

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Pauline Hanson was a long way from home when she finally achieved the victory she has waited nearly three decades for.

In the sprawling rural electorate of Farrer, which covers vast swathes of land in south-western NSW, the Queensland firebrand’s One Nation party secured its first ever lower-house seat win.