One Nation buoyed by regional disaffection with Nationals

By Damien Murphy, Matt Wade
Updated November 27 2016 - 1:13pm, first published November 26 2016 - 12:15am
"The Nationals are paying the cost of [Mike Baird's] failure": Marj Bollinger. Photo: James Brickwood
"The Nationals are paying the cost of [Mike Baird's] failure": Marj Bollinger. Photo: James Brickwood
"Whoever wants to form government will need our support," says One Nation member Graham Burston. Photo: James Brickwood
"Whoever wants to form government will need our support," says One Nation member Graham Burston. Photo: James Brickwood
Cabonne mayor Ian Gosper outside the town hall in Molong. Photo: James Brickwood
Cabonne mayor Ian Gosper outside the town hall in Molong. Photo: James Brickwood
Greyhound breader and trainer Greg Board on his property just south of Orange. Photo: James Brickwood
Greyhound breader and trainer Greg Board on his property just south of Orange. Photo: James Brickwood

Call it the rattle of ordinary folk. The easy complacency of Australian rural politics was shattered last Monday when Phil Donato won the central-west NSW state seat of Orange by just 50 votes. It ended 68 years of National Party hegemony and exposed how close the Nationals are to losing a swath of its heartland vote.

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