00:05this is the first electoral test for the new coalition leader angus taylor and it's in the
00:10seat that used to be held by the woman he deposed labor's not running but there's still a crowded
00:17field of candidates the liberals are up against their coalition partners the nationals but the
00:22more serious challenges appear to be one nation trying to win its first ever lower house seat in
00:28federal parliament at an election and an independent michelle millthorpe who's having a second crack at
00:35the seat she came second in last year here's what you need to know about farah first of all it's
00:42huge
00:42more than 126 000 square kilometers bigger than iceland bigger than south korea almost as large
00:50as greece it's a lot of ground to cover susan lee used to make her way around this seat by
00:56flying
00:57a private plane and different candidates are likely to appeal in different areas the coalition is at
01:04serious risk of losing this seat a seat that it's held since it was created in 1949 i knew that
01:12there
01:12was always going to be a big mountain to climb in farah and more generally millthorpe did well in
01:18albury last year but she struggled in the more rural parts of farah exactly where one nation tend
01:24to do better so as the results roll in it might be that we see millthorpe taking a big chunk
01:31out of
01:31the liberals vote in the regional centers of farah while one nation clobbers what would otherwise be
01:37the nationals support but if the numbers are right it puts us in a very good position to hopefully win
01:42that seat it would be a demonstration of the squeeze that the coalition's under across the entire country
01:48stuck between two wings of its traditional support base two wings that want different things
01:54and everyone's watching to see how the coalition grapples with that squeeze in this race they've
02:02opted to give one nation a boost recommending voters preference pauline hansen's party after their
02:08own now angus taylor says that's been done on policy and moral grounds the truth is that we don't want
02:15to
02:15see to your policies for farah or for this country you choose the least worst option when you get to
02:20preferencing but there's always a bit of politics to it too and the liberals they might fancy their
02:25chances of defeating an incumbent one nation mp down the track as easier than defeating an incumbent
02:32independent because if they lose farah winning it back will be a priority for the coalition basically
02:39all routes to forming government need to pass through this seat
02:45they'll be...
02:47you
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