**** Note: Congratulations to David Farley who won preselection for the seat of Farrer at a preselection held in Albury. Mr Farley will be a strong advocate for his community and the people of the entire region. 

The federal executive has set Saturday, 7 March, as the date for One Nation's preselection for the Farrer by-election. The event will be held at the Albury Entertainment Centre (AEC). At 2PM we will hold a rally that everyone is welcome to attend at the main auditorium of the AEC, where our candidate will be introduced. 

Senator Pauline Hanson's Press Release

Details: 

Members who have more than 3 months of party membership from 7 March 2026 are eligible to vote. 

9am: Doors open for eligible preselectors only. 

10am: Doors strictly closed—preselection begins.

Candidates (in order of ballot) 

Leigh Wolki:

Leigh Wolki moved to Albury 37 years ago following her marriage to her husband, Terry. Together they have raised three children and are soon to welcome their fifth grandchild. Albury has been home ever since.

The Wolki family has deep roots in small business. Terry worked in his family’s iconic “Birdnest Chickens” business before the couple established their own shop in Dean Street, Albury. Over the next three decades they built and operated multiple local businesses. Their café, adjoining their bicycle shop, became particularly well known for its coffee and for serving produce grown on their own market garden and farm including bacon, beef, chicken, and eggs: a genuine paddock-to-plate enterprise. In time, their son expanded the model to sell meat directly to consumers, launching Wolki Farm.

Leigh comes from an entrepreneurial family accustomed to navigating both strong economic periods and difficult trading conditions. Through decades in small business and agriculture, she has witnessed firsthand the pressures facing regional communities: rising costs, regulatory burdens, inflation, housing shortages, and strain on essential services.

Leigh is a strong advocate for improved local infrastructure, particularly a new regional hospital for Albury–Wodonga, to meet the needs of a growing population. She believes greater transparency and accountability in public spending is essential to restoring public confidence.

Leigh is passionate about the future of Australian agriculture and regional industry. She views water security as critical to national prosperity, particularly in the Murray–Darling Basin, which produces approximately one third of Australia’s food on just 14 per cent of the nation’s landmass. She believes strategic, long-term planning is required to ensure the Basin remains productive and sustainable for future generations.

Guy Cooper

Guy Cooper is a fifth-generation local resident of the Farrer electorate, raised along the Murray River with strong family ties to agriculture. Both sides of his family have been station owners and irrigators of permanent plantings, giving him a lifelong understanding of regional production and its importance to the national economy.

Guy works as an Agribusiness Relationship Manager, where he engages directly with farmers, small businesses and families across the region. Through this role he has developed a detailed understanding of the financial, regulatory, and operational pressures facing local industries.

Guy believes regional communities are not being adequately represented in Canberra and that the voices of rural Australians are often overlooked in national policy settings. He advocates for stronger investment in essential regional infrastructure, including a new hospital for the Farrer region, and for government policies that prioritise Australian taxpayers and productive industries.

Guy supports measures to strengthen agriculture, protect regional employment and ensure businesses are given competitive advantages rather than regulatory roadblocks. He is critical of Australia’s current energy policy settings, arguing that they have contributed to rising power prices and undermined Australia’s industrial competitiveness.

Guy holds a degree in business and finance and brings both practical agricultural experience and financial expertise to his policy approach. He believes regional Australia must be placed at the centre of national economic strategy.

David Farley

David Farley is a Riverina agricultural and agribusiness professional with an international career spanning Australia, the United States, Africa, and the former Soviet Union.

Born and raised in Narrandera, David is the grandson of a returned First World War Light Horseman and the son of a returned Second World War naval serviceman who later became an agribusiness operator. He is a father of three daughters and grandfather of seven grandchildren, with a strong personal commitment to Australia’s long-term prosperity.

David began his career as a jackaroo with FS Falkiner & Sons in Deniliquin, progressing through roles including overseer, station manager and irrigation development specialist. In 1982 he was appointed to help lead the development of a major irrigation enterprise in northern New South Wales. Over two decades, he expanded Colly Cotton from 160 hectares to 27,600 irrigated hectares, building associated ginning, warehousing and export capacity that strengthened regional employment and export performance.

David was recruited to lead the financial recovery of Calcot California, a major cotton cooperative operating across California, Arizona, and Texas. Returning to Australia, he served as Managing Director and CEO of the Australian Agricultural Company, overseeing 12 million hectares and more than 500,000 head of cattle through drought, live export disruption, native title negotiations, and significant shareholder transitions.

Throughout his career, David has navigated complex operational and financial challenges, rebuilt balance sheets and protected regional jobs and export industries.

He believes Australia’s sovereign strength begins in its regional communities. His policy priorities include disciplined water and land management aligned with national security, sustainable immigration settings, investment in regional hospitals and schools, secure career pathways for young families, and modern telecommunications and infrastructure.

David advocates for aspirational nation-building founded on strong defence, resilient communities, and productive regional economies. He believes secure regional communities and competitive industries underpin a confident and advancing Australia.