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The real secret of Secret Harbour : Comments

By Graham Young, published 3/9/2026

The story so far is that around half the Liberal vote has decamped to One Nation, but that's not what happened in the Secret Harbour byelection.

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There’s a much deeper question here:

Q:
Is Australia experiencing a realignment of political allegiance in which voters are no longer primarily choosing between Labor and Coalition, but increasingly choosing between the political establishment and parties or candidates they believe will disrupt it?

If Secret Harbour is an early indication of that, the interesting story isn't One Nation's polling number. It's the weakening of the major parties' claim to be the natural political homes of their traditional constituencies.

And that would explain why GY is so interested in the apparent movement of Labor voters: once the protest vote crosses the traditional class/party boundary, you may be looking at political realignment rather than merely a swing to the right.
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 3 September 2026 9:44:23 AM
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Albanese Labor has gone to the very hard Left, dare I say Communism? Albanese himself a liar, is now calling ON "dishonest". the Liberal Party? Well, they are just headless chooks. The Nationals? They seem to be staying out of the fight altogether. Perhaps, like many similar countries, Australia is rejecting slightly different, both arrogant, parties for more chance to have different politicians who will listen to them.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 3 September 2026 10:58:47 AM
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"The real possibility of a defection of Labor voters to One Nation is no longer a secret, thanks to Secret Harbour."

Secret Harbour's message to Labor was lost on the UN-militant Albanese, laughably dubbed by our media as a Cautious Reformer. He's still slagging hapless voters as racist, populist, un-Australian, not who we are, neo nazi dupes, dangerous, divisive, misinformed, un-informed, etc, etc.
Posted by Steve S, Thursday, 3 September 2026 11:20:04 AM
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'He's still slagging hapless voters as racist, populist, un-Australian, not who we are, neo nazi dupes, dangerous, divisive, misinformed, un-informed, etc, etc.'

Well said Steve. Projection from labor/greens is very common. People are now seeing it.
Posted by runner, Thursday, 3 September 2026 12:33:08 PM
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