There are just three days until the Farrer by-election and – for the first time ever – it looks like voters won’t be electing a National or Liberal MP to represent them in Sussan Ley’s old seat.. Instead, the frustration with establishment politics has seen independent Michelle Milthorpe and One Nation’s David Farly emerge as the frontrunners in a fierce and unpredictable campaign

To help you follow the final days of the by-election campaign, Crikey politics reporter Anton Nilsson and Region Riverina editor Oliver Jacques join this special early episode of the podcast. We discuss the water policy problems that all candidates agree is a top priority for the region, the collapse of the Coalition’s reputation in regional Australia, and how public scrutiny over big donations from the likes of Gina Rinehart has impacted the campaign.

Plus, Nilsson and Jacques give their prediction for who will claim Farrer on Saturday.

Read more:

• How One Nation is riding a wave of anger over water towards a federal breakthrough
• ‘You can only sell so many stubby holders’: We asked the Farrer frontrunners about the role of big money in politics
• Just how ‘teal’ is independent Farrer candidate Michelle Milthorpe?
• In the seat of Farrer, candidates are united by their concern for water, and disdain for Labor
• The Coalition’s pitch to Farrer voters: only we can topple a Labor government. But can they?
• Richard Hendrie wants to stop the ‘right-wing slogfest’ in Farrer
• Farrer could start the duopoly’s downfall — and blare a klaxon horn for the Liberals

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