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‘We are not banjo-playing dimwits’:The deep rural resentment that will shape the election

From potholes to power lines,anger is swirling in regional Victoria – and residents are turning to One Nation for answers.

  • Benjamin Preiss andAlexander Darling

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Pauline Hanson embraces a supporter at the One Nation HQ party in Albury on Saturday.

How some who once felt blessed became Hanson’s people

Country people once felt valued. But many came to feel abandoned as services considered the natural right of city dwellers were withdrawn. Now comes revolt.

  • Tony Wright
One of the first long-distance regional passenger trains at an Auburn rail maintenance centre in February.

New long-distance passenger trains will now be five years late

Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison has revealed when the new Spanish-built trains will finally be pressed into service.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Pauline Hanson and David Farley took over Farrer and left the Liberals reeling.

Polling booth data from Farrer teaches many lessons. These are three of the biggest

The Coalition can be wiped out in its strongest booths. An urban-versus-rural divide still exists without major parties. And One Nation is making inroads everywhere.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos andShane Wright
The polling booth results,primary votes and two candidate preferred (TCP) data for Farrer are in.

The full results from Farrer – from every polling booth to how every candidate performed

The full results from Farrer are in,and the data clearly reflects One Nation’s landslide win – there’s orange everywhere.

  • Matthew Absalom-Wong andChris Paine
David Farley arrives at the One Nation election party on Saturday night.

Farrer byelection as it happened:One Nation win in historic victory as Liberal Party lose regional NSW seat for first time in 77 years

One Nation has claimed its first seat in the House of Representatives,as the independent challenger outperformed the Liberals and Nationals combined.

  • Nick Newling
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Pauline Hanson enters the One Nation election party at the Bended Elbow.

Hanson takes victory lap in Farrer and warns major parties ‘we’re coming after other seats’

The loss to One Nation removes the seat from Coalition hands for the first time in its 77-year history and delivers a major upset to leader Angus Taylor.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos,Rob Harris andNick Newling
David Farley wins the federal by-election in Farrer.

David Farley is the victor,but Pauline Hanson is One Nation’s dancing queen

Pauline Hanson had declared on Friday night at a pub around the corner that she wanted her country back. This is what that looked like.

  • Rob Harris
AFR COMPOSITE - Angus Taylor and Pauline Hanson. Photo:Alex Ellinghausen

One Nation’s result in Farrer is no ordinary win – it’s a political earthquake

One Nation’s march from the far-right fringe to the political mainstream has been cemented with this win,and triggered a political earthquake in Canberra.

  • James Massola
One Nation candidate David Farley in Albury on Saturday morning.

One Nation candidate facing calls to apologise over election-eve gaffe

Pauline Hanson’s candidate in Farrer cast his vote without her on Saturday,as his rivals attacked him for taking a dig at a popular local GP.

  • Rob Harris