Secret Harbour could preview a broader One Nation showdown. But are voters getting what they want?

July 17, 2026 — 3:00am

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I drove down to Secret Harbour this week. Not to go to the beach (we’ve got those where I live in Fremantle), but to ask locals what they hope for in their lives and how they picture the future of Australia.

Secret Harbour is about to be the next by-election battleground featuring Pauline Hanson’s One Nation – but this time their opponent is the WA Labor government, potentially offering a preview of the next state and federal elections.

Unsurprisingly, at this stage, few people I spoke with knew who they would be voting for next month.

One guy stated that all politicians are on the take. While another suggested that people who vote for One Nation are idiots, a woman pushing a trolley full of groceries said she’d vote for One Nation, no matter which candidate they announce.

She just wanted a shake-up. I want a shake-up too. The thing is, I’m not sure that One Nation will deliver the kind of change that ordinary people are actually hoping for.

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