The real secret of Secret Harbour

It’s also possible that there is a ‘shy’ One Nation voter. Is it the case that former Liberal and National voters are prepared to be more honest about their One Nation voting intentions than former Labor voters because it is socially more acceptable on the right to support One Nation?

When Labor leaders like Albanese and Chalmers characterise One Nation as a hard right threat to our democracy, and many in the belly of the Labor beast label One Nation as fascist, there is a huge reputational risk in admitting that you are thinking of voting for them.

Why would you share that possibility with an anonymous telephone caller, or an online researcher?

But when you are faced with a ballot paper to be inserted into a box and counted at arm’s length from you, honesty becomes possible.

Either way – whether because of not having had to make the decision yet, or for fear of being found out and socially ostracised – the real possibility of a defection of Labor voters to One Nation is no longer a secret, thanks to Secret Harbour.