However, a senior Liberal has denied completely ruling out the possibility of a future minority government pact with One Nation just days after the party broke a 77 year-old record held by the Coalition Party at the rural seat of New South Wales Farrer.
Speaking to ABC Insiders on Sunday, the opposition treasury spokesperson Tim Wilson, when asked whether he would consider forming a government with the representatives of the populist party, did not say that he would never entertain such a thought.
The recent electoral victory made One Nation, founded by Pauline Hanson in 1997, enter the House of Representatives for the first time.
Opposition treasury spokesman Tim Wilson told: “My objective is to ensure that the Liberal Party is in a position to govern as strongly as possible.”
Of course traditionally we form a coalition with the National Party, but it’s up to the Australian people to decide who they want to vote for.
The comments represent a notable softening by Mr Wilson, who in 2019 said One Nation and its “despicable acolytes” should be placed last on Liberal how to vote cards.
This Saturday’s ballot has shown that the combined vote of the coalition dropped to about 20% with the Liberals and Nationals receiving 12 and 10 votes respectively.
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Mr. Farley won the election beating independent Michelle Milthorpe by a margin of 57.3 against 42.7 on two candidate preferred voting system.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers commented on the loss saying that it has shown the Opposition Leader Angus Taylor’s tactic to be futile and there will be more pressure on him to step down from his leadership position.
Jim Chalmers, the treasurer of Australia, in an interview on Sky News Sunday Agenda commented saying, “The outcome shows that the Coalition can’t beat One Nation, and therefore, it will have to ally itself with One Nation.”
Angus Taylor defended the tactic of preferring One Nation, while Jane Hume blamed their loss on an “anti establishment move.”
Former leader Sussan Ley, who resigned to trigger a by election, asked her colleagues to accept the loss “with humility.”
Speaking on Sunday, Senator Hanson said that One Nation was in politics for the “long haul” and both parties had become arrogant.
