David Farley <\/a>or others seek to undermine One Nation. Based on current polling trends, some Labor, Liberals and Nationals MPs and senators face credible threats from One Nation candidates. ALP figures who underestimate the risk of One Nation in outer-suburban and regional seats have rocks in their heads.<\/p>\nA senior Coalition source was right when he told The Australian that the Liberals and Nationals can\u2019t adopt a \u201chope they implode strategy\u201d and pointed out that One Nation will always have to manage internal fights \u201cgiven the big egos in the room\u201d. \u201cStructurally, it\u2019s autocratic governance and it sort of has to be because of the people that they pick up,\u201d a Liberal source said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe all know them. But they\u2019ve never made it for one reason or another. Farley is a classic example of that. He\u2019s quite talented in some ways but he\u2019s an egomaniac. Very opportunistic and there\u2019s a lot of\u00a0them.\u201d<\/p>\n
A prominent Labor figure, who said the more seats One Nation wins the \u201cmore they become part of the system\u201d, warned Nationals seats in regional Queensland and NSW were extremely vulnerable.<\/p>\n
They believe having high-profile local MPs and candidates, like Dan Repacholi in the Hunter and frontbencher Kristy McBain in the NSW seat of Eden-Monaro will help hold off a One Nation wave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Treating the 2026 model of One Nation like previous versions when the party enjoyed localised spikes in 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