Live from the Farrer by-election
Well. It happened. Farrer did the unthinkable and elected a One Nation MP. Now the question is: how long will he actually be a One Nation MP? The clock is ticking. The leaderboard is ready. Let's find out.
Time as a One Nation MP
Things shorter than David Farley (so far)
| # | Thing | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fraser Anning Quit One Nation before being sworn in as Senator (QLD). | 0 days |
| 2 | David Farley ★ Member for Farrer (NSW), One Nation. Still in. (For now.) | 1 hr |
| 3 | Vanguard TV3 First US satellite — fell off the launchpad and exploded. | ~2 seconds |
| 4 | Pedro Lascuráin President of Mexico, 1913. | ~45 minutes |
| 5 | NASA Lunar Trailblazer Pointed its solar panels 180° from the Sun. Died. | ~17 hours |
| 6 | Britney Spears + Jason Alexander Las Vegas marriage, January 2004. | 55 hours |
| 7 | Sam Altman's OpenAI firing Fired and rehired as CEO over a single weekend. | 5 days |
| 8 | Frank Forde Australian Prime Minister, 1945. | 8 days |
| 9 | Cher + Gregg Allman Marriage, until the first divorce filing. | 9 days |
| 10 | Luna-25 Russia's first Moon shot since 1976. Crashed. | 9 days |
| 11 | Peregrine lunar lander Astrobotic's first commercial Moon shot. Never made it. | 10 days |
| 12 | Anthony Scaramucci White House Communications Director, July 2017. | 11 days |
| 13 | Pope Urban VII Shortest papacy in recorded history. | 12 days |
| 14 | Earle Page Australian Prime Minister, 1939. | 19 days |
| 15 | John McEwen Australian PM after Harold Holt drowned, until the Liberals picked Gorton. | 22 days |
| 16 | William Henry Harrison US President — died of pneumonia after his inauguration speech. | 31 days |
| 17 | Vegemite iSnack 2.0 Kraft renamed the public-naming-competition disaster within a month. | 32 days |
| 18 | Kwasi Kwarteng UK Chancellor — sacked over the mini-budget, October 2022. | 38 days |
| 19 | Liz Truss UK Prime Minister. Outlasted by an iceberg lettuce. | 49 days |
| 20 | Kim Kardashian + Kris Humphries Marriage, 2011. | 72 days |
| 21 | New Coke The reformulation America divorced. | 79 days |
| 22 | Kevin Rudd's second go as PM Knifed Gillard, lost the election six weeks later. | 83 days |
| 23 | Rod Culleton One Nation Senator (WA). Resigned, citing 'un-Australian behaviour'. | 110 days |
| 24 | Quibi $1.75B short-form streaming service. | 198 days |
| 25 | Steven Miles QLD Premier — took over from Palaszczuk, lost the 2024 state election. | 318 days |
| 26 | Victoria's 2026 Comm Games hosting Announced April 2022, 'we can't afford it' cancellation July 2023. | 463 days |
| 27 | Tony Abbott's Knights & Dames Reinstated 2014, killed by Turnbull after the Prince Philip knighthood. | 587 days |
| 28 | Tania Mihailuk One Nation MLC (NSW). Resigned over party-funding concerns. | 590 days |
| 29 | Brian Burston One Nation Senator (NSW). Defected to UAP after the tax-cuts split. | 654 days |
| 30 | Steve Dickson One Nation State MP (QLD). Resigned after the Al Jazeera/strip-club sting. | 838 days |
| 31 | Google Stadia Cloud-gaming platform. | 1,045 days |
| 32 | Vine 6-second-loop video network. | 1,372 days |
| 33 | Mark Latham One Nation MLC (NSW). Quit after Hanson dumped him as state leader. | 1,567 days |
| 34 | Rod Roberts One Nation MLC (NSW). Quit alongside Latham, calling the party a 'money grab'. | 1,567 days |
Mix of historical One Nation defectors and other famously short-lived things. Farley's row ticks live. Click a name for the source.