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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

Mark Latham’s bid to leave NSW parliament to run again a question of ‘ethics’, not legality

Mark Latham during a book launch.
Mark Latham is midway through an eight-year term in the NSW upper house. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Legal and election experts say there is likely to be no barrier to One Nation MP Mark Latham’s bid to increase the party’s contingent in the New South Wales upper house, after he said he would quit parliament and run again at the March election.

Latham, who is midway through an eight-year term, this week revealed that he plans to resign from the upper house and renominate at the top of One Nation’s ticket.

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