‘Paddock of Despair’: Liberal Party MP Takes Aim at Latest One Nation Defectors

Former New South Wales (NSW) Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes and the party’s former Vice President Teena McQueen have joined One Nation.

One Nation leaders take to the stage to celebrate as their party wins the Farrer by-election in Albury, NSW in Australia on May 9, 2026. Jesse Thompson/Getty Images

Two former Liberals have been accused of fleeing to the “orange paddock of despair” after defecting to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

The conservative-leaning party has grown its ranks steadily with the addition of former New South Wales (NSW) Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes and the party’s former Vice President Teena McQueen.