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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

Former NSW Labor MP joins One Nation despite previously labelling Mark Latham a ‘buffoon’

Tania Mihailuk
Bankstown MP Tania Mihailuk will run for One Nation in the NSW upper house following her defection from Labor in 2022. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

A former New South Wales Labor frontbench MP has announced her defection to the One Nation party despite once labelling its state leader, Mark Latham, a “buffoon” and saying the far-right party stood for “political opportunism at its worst”.

Bankstown MP Tania Mihailuk has announced she will run for the fringe party in the NSW upper house following her defection from Labor in 2022.

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