{"id":766683,"date":"2026-05-01T20:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:54:26","slug":"nepean-by-election-how-to-watch-coverage-of-major-by-election-as-one-nation-eyes-off-victorian-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766683\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepean by-election: How to watch coverage of major by-election as One Nation eyes off Victorian seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One Nation is in a three-cornered race against the Liberal Party and an independent to win the Nepean by-election in Victoria&#8217;s state parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The Mornington Peninsula seat looks set to be a tight race between Liberal candidate Anthony Marsh and One Nation&#8217;s Darren Hercus, with tough competition from independent Tracee Hutchison.<\/p>\n<p>Labor&#8217;s decision not to contest the by-election has led the Liberals to face an unexpected showdown with One Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The contest will be the first major test of Pauline Hanson&#8217;s support in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The by-election is just months away from November&#8217;s state general election and was triggered when Sam Groth announced a little more than three years into a four-year term in the Victorian parliament that he intended to step down immediately.<\/p>\n<p>A Roy Morgan poll in April showed Labor slightly leading One Nation and the Liberal Party on primary vote, 25.5 per cent to 24.5 and 24 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In a Resolve poll earlier in the year, One Nation had only secured 11 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The movement to One Nation, echoed in polls around Australia, has the Liberals fearful they could lose Nepean, a seat they currently hold by a 6.4 per cent margin against Labor.<\/p>\n<p> <b>When and where to watch Nepean by-election coverage<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sky News will provide extensive and insightful election coverage throughout Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling coverage from both the One Nation and Liberal functions will air from 6pm AEST as voters head to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers can stream coverage at\u00a0<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SkyNews.com.au<\/a>\u00a0or download the Sky News Australia app.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/67d53ba09737c62e70439af3f65a9b79.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Sam Groth quits Victorian Liberals forcing by-election\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><b>Panel of Sky News experts to deliver updates and analysis<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Senior political reporter Trudy McIntosh will be joined live by political commentator Stephen Conroy and former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger as they break down results on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow cabinet secretary Zoe McKenzie and The Australian&#8217;s Victorian political editor Anthony Galloway will be providing live updates from the Liberal function.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kroger and Redbridge Group director Kos Samaras will be live from Sky News&#8217; Melbourne studio while One Nation Victorian president Warren Pickering will also be offering up analysis on the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coverage will be available to stream for subscribers at <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SkyNews.com.au<\/a> or via the Sky News Australia app.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Nation is in a three-cornered race against the Liberal Party and an independent to win the Nepean&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":766684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,193993,17127,314661,50,162361,304615,192890],"class_list":["post-766683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-australia","tag-by-election","tag-liberal-party","tag-nepean","tag-news","tag-one-nation","tag-sam-groth","tag-victorian"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116501314603961966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}