<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Coalition has existential questions to face after being smashed at the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/farrer-byelection-2026-results-new-south-wales-federal-politics/b8d15012-231d-46f1-b7ba-30e5bdb8b5cc" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Farrer by-election"><span>Farrer byelection</span></a><span> by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/one-nation" rel="" target="_blank" title="One Nation"><span>One Nation</span></a><span> and an independent candidate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>David Farley won the seat in resounding fashion for One Nation the first time the minor party had won a seat in the federal House of Representatives and broke the Coalition's 77 -ear stronghold on the rural </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span> seat that was vacated by former Liberal leader </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sussan-ley" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sussan Ley"><span>Sussan Ley</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Speaking on </span><em><span>Weekend Today</span></em><span>, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/nationals" rel="" target="_blank" title="Nationals"><span>Nationals</span></a><span> MP and former leader </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/david-littleproud" rel="" target="_blank" title="David Littleproud"><span>David Littleproud</span></a><span> admitted the result wasn't pretty for the Coalition.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>FARRER BY-ELECTION:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/farrer-byelection-2026-results-new-south-wales-federal-politics-barnaby-joyce-pauline-hanson/a4b98e19-fb6c-449b-b57b-c65c431549d2" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'A bomb going off in Canberra': What now for One Nation and the Coalition?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a good old-fashioned flogging, that's the reality of it," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You've got to face into it, and understand that the people of Farrer are sending a message."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Littleproud claimed it was a protest vote not just against the Liberal Party, but also against the Albanese government, and said the Coalition needed to unite behind values after deserting them following last year's landslide election defeat.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/farrer-byelection-2026-results-existential-crisis-liberal-party-coalition-one-nation/cfb453bc-599a-4991-88cc-3fe74f8a7749" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Coalition wanted to walk away from all its policies, and we stood for nothing," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woman-fighting-for-life-melton-melbourne-hit-and-run/baefddb9-9491-4c32-9fcc-ae23e1009a03" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Woman fighting for life after Melbourne hit and run</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What happened is Pauline Hanson, a canny politician for 30 years, walked in and took up that space, and stood for much of the values we fight for."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Liberal Party recorded 12.6 per cent of the vote in the Farrar byelection with the Nationals getting just 9.76 per cent as of Sunday morning, with One Nation leading the two-party preferred vote against Independent Michelle Milthorpe by a margin of 7.3 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nine News political editor Charles Croucher said the decimation of the Liberal Party vote was a sign it was losing more and more of Australia, after losing urban areas in large numbers at the two previous federal elections.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They are running out of places to start winning seats," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WORLD:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-iran-warns-usa-attacks-ceasefire/23a604da-4bae-4e05-9372-089fb4388584" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was going to be the party of the outer suburbs it clearly can't be the party of the bush anymore if that's the result that's coming in."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Croucher said the party was stuck between a rock and a hard place as forces on the left and right of politics continue to take voters the Liberal Party used to rely on for decades.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we're seeing is the Liberal party being stuck between this surge of One Nation on the right, the climate-minded independent, and Labor who are winning in the cities," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's squeezing the Liberal Party, the party of Menzies, Howard, what was naturally the party of government, out of contention at all."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a 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