One Nation takes first WA lower house seat, flipping Labor's Secret Harbour

One Nation takes first WA lower house seat, flipping Labor's Secret Harbour

One Nation's Luke Herdegen has won Secret Harbour, the party's first-ever lower house seat in WA. With 80 per cent counted, he led Labor's Georgia Tree 57–42 after preferences, overturning an 11.5 per cent margin. The by-election followed minister Paul Papalia's retirement. Watch for fallout ahead of Victoria's November state election.

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