One Nation wins at least one SA seat as Liberals consider ‘sobering lessons’ from election defeat

<p>Labor’s Peter Malinauskas secures at least 32 seats while Pauline Hanson’s party outpolls Liberals and could become de facto opposition</p><p>One Nation will win at least one South Australian lower house seat, and is leading in a handful of others, as the Liberals consider “sobering lessons” from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/21/sa-state-election-2026-results-labor-confident-but-all-eyes-on-one-nation-vote-as-polls-close-in-south-australia">Saturday’s thumping election loss</a> to Labor.</p><p>One Nation’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/21/im-going-to-leave-you-some-landmines-pauline-hanson-sends-sa-premier-a-message-amid-jubilant-supporters">electoral success</a> came as federal MP Barnaby Joyce downplayed racism and bigotry accusations against the party before likening a ban on migration from Muslim countries to buying cattle “that just don’t work”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/sa-state-election-one-nation-wins-seat-liberals-lessons-defeat-labor-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>