One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has condemned homophobic comments made by her NSW party leader Mark Latham, describing them as disgusting and demanding he apologise to voters.
. The article was about LGBTQI protesters who were targeted outside a candidates’ forum which Latham addressed during the election campaign.The leader of the government in upper house Penny Sharpe said she was sickened by the homophobic comments.
Labor-turned-One Nation candidate Tania Mihailuk will fill the casual vacancy created by Latham’s resignation, which will see the party with three MPs in the upper house.Greens Newtown MP Jenny Leong said “being an elected representative doesn’t give anyone a free pass to incite hatred.” “My focus in the next parliament will be working with the majority of members who support the LGBTQ community to progress important reforms, remove discrimination, and make it clear these views belong in the past,” Greenwich said.
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