00:02The by-election dust has settled and the winter mud's arrived.
00:07But optimism is ripe on the ground in Farrah.
00:10I think what you're seeing Australia-wide at the moment is a momentum for change.
00:16Louise Burge was a long-time coalition voter,
00:20but the floods that decimated her farm four years ago
00:23also washed away her faith in Commonwealth water policy and the major parties.
00:28It was a monumental disaster.
00:31She's now pinned her hopes on One Nation's newest MP.
00:35He'll be a voice for the region, but he's also a voice for Australia.
00:39In nearby Janiliquin, once staunch coalition voters are hoping their punt on One Nation pays off.
00:47Hopefully everyone's looking at this area saying, why the big change?
00:51And obviously David will talk the talk hopefully and he'll walk the walk.
00:56But the early rounds haven't quite gone to plan.
01:00An embarrassing blunder this week saw the newest member of parliament
01:03vote with the Greens and Teals on legislation to cap the fuel credit scheme for big miners.
01:09It didn't go down well with One Nation's base.
01:13It's my mistake. It's my mea culpa. I have to accept it.
01:16It's an early sign Farley needs to find his feet quickly if he's to make a mark,
01:21with the next election less than two years away.
01:24It's a job that I knew what I was taking on when I went in there.
01:27And we've been very specific in what we're trying to achieve.
01:30It does mean that they are not outsiders anymore.
01:33They're going to look more like insiders.
01:35And a lot of One Nation voters right now are voting for the party
01:38because they don't like those insiders.
01:40A new and uncertain political landscape.
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