00:02Secret Harbour voters Lesley and David are on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
00:08But that hasn't stopped them unpacking last weekend's by-election over a few cold ones.
00:14I would normally vote Liberal, which I did this time, but I voted One Nation, which I
00:18don't actually think much of, but it's a protest.
00:22Policies really are nonexistent, I think, from my mind, or they're irrelevant, One Nation.
00:30In and around town, a similar story, some pleased to see a Labor heartland seat lost.
00:37I definitely think I thought it was a safe seat in the past, and I thought it will be a
00:42safe seat again.
00:44Yeah, you might have been safe before, but you need to do what you're actually elected for.
00:49Others, concerned about what the change will mean for them.
00:53I'm a little bit concerned about the rise of One Nation.
00:57I'm an immigrant myself, I'm not even a citizen.
01:01Speaking to voters down here after the poll, the message is clear.
01:07Cost of living is biting, and housing pressures are mounting.
01:11Many here hoping the attention this area has received during the by-election isn't a one-off.
01:19Labor says it's taking notes as it conducts a post-mortem of its by-election campaign,
01:24trying to understand how a 19% swing against the government was achieved, how it wins back voters.
01:31Direct conversations with as many people as possible.
01:34People want to know you, they want to see you, they want to talk to you,
01:37and they want to make sure that you've got their priorities top of mind.
01:41Professor Martin Drum says the government has been deliberate in its post-election messaging.
01:47The government's really keen to give the message that it's listening,
01:51that it's hearing the voters' concerns and it's going to do something about it.
01:55So there's a bit of mea culpa there, you know, we underestimated One Nation,
01:59we perhaps didn't see this coming.
02:01A lot of listening and water to go under the bridge before the next state poll in 2029.
02:07I don't know what it means to have you, but just to have you.
02:08A lot of listening and I'll have you in the moment.
