One Nation Wins Farrer By-Election, Securing Its First Seat in the House of Representatives

One Nation achieved a landslide victory in the Farrer by-election and claimed its first lower house seat in party history, with One Nation MP David Farley winning the seat that had never before been held by anyone other than the Liberal or National parties.

30 program and failed to rule out One Nation joining the Coalition. Asked whether a Coalition future would include One Nation, Hume described the question as a hypothetical.

"I know that One Nation wants you to ask this question, but that's not the question that we are prepared to answer," Hume said. " Hume accused Labor of not having the balls to turn up to the Farrer by-election. She said the message from voters in Sussan Ley's former seat was received loud and clear.

"It was a tough night for the Coalition," Hume said. She attributed the loss to people doing it tough in Ms Ley's former electorate. The by-election occurred only a year after the general election for the seat previously held by former Coalition leader Sussan Ley.

The former local member had retired after a quarter of a century. "People's standard of living had gone backwards so far, and so fast, they were rightly angry," Hume said. She added there was no love lost for the Labor Party either.

Hume said people came up to her and asked where the Labor Party was. She had sought to remove Sussan Ley from the party leadership. Hume and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor have been in charge for 10 weeks.

She denied that the by-election result was a reflection on the leadership of herself and Angus Taylor. Angus Taylor is scheduled to deliver a budget in reply speech on Thursday night. Hume said the Coalition had announced policies on energy, on the first tranche of immigration, on gas and on fuel during the 10 weeks.