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 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast 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 lower-house seat win. Farrer had elected either a National or Liberal member for 76 years, until Saturday night. But its voters are waking up in One Nation country on Sunday. “It’s a hard day today,” says Nellie, a 74-year-old volunteer for Michelle Milthorpe, as she picked up the weekend’s newspapers. “We knew that it would be hard yards because Pauline’s profile is, and always has been, phenomenal. “In fairness to Pauline, she’s worked hard for decades, and she thoroughly believes what she thinks – it just happens to be the antithesis of what I think.” Across the road, Billie, 64, and Mark, 69, were on a morning coffee stroll. The two