If One Nation cements its role as the lead party on the right by winning the forthcoming Farrer by-election in southern NSW, will the Murdoch family media be bold enough to brag: It was News24 wot won it!? This past week, it was the channel formally known as Sky News Australia, News Corp’s controversially rebranded News24, that enabled the hard right to pivot from the generic, politically tricky, anti-migrant policy time bomb left behind in the office of outgoing leader Sussan Ley into a far more focused attack on Muslims.

Source: News 24 February 24, 2026 04:37 UTC