The premier says his newly-elected government will not support any push for the One Nation NSW leader to have additional powers in the new parliament.
Premier Chris Minns wants a bipartisan agreement to block One Nation’s NSW leader Mark Latham from having any additional powers in the new parliament after the political firebrand doubled down on his homophobic slur.
Speaking on Sky News on Sunday morning, Minns said his government would not support Latham chairing any upper house committee and urged the opposition to follow his lead. “I’m not sure who is going to lead the Liberal Party in the next few months, but I’d call on their organisation to make a similar commitment because the commentary he made in relation to the independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich were vile and obviously hugely disrespectful.”Dominic Lorrimer, Getty Images
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