# One Nation’s Secret Harbour byelection win exposes Labor’s failure to calm angry voters

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- The Guardian, 2026-08-30 05:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/30/one-nations-secret-harbour-byelection-win-shows-labor-is-at-a-loss-when-it-comes-to-calming-angry-voters

> The analysis says One Nation won the Western Australian Secret Harbour byelection decisively despite Pauline Hanson and its candidates repeatedly stumbling over key policy explanations. The result, it argues, shows Labor and the Coalition have no effective strategy for calming an angry electorate or containing the party’s surge.