Exclusive: Source says Pauline Hanson dumped Latham because ‘mainstream media’ won’t deal with him following his comments about MP Alex Greenwich
The removal of Latham as leader leaves a power vacuum that will be filled by Hanson until she decides to open a ballot that could be contested by any of the three upper house MPs: Latham, Rod Roberts and Tania Mihailuk.
A spokesperson said Hanson would consider opening nominations when she was “confident the organisation and parliamentary wings of the party have established an effective, strong and collaborative working relationship under her leadership”. Roberts would need to resign from his position as deputy president of the chamber if he wished to run for the top job. He was contacted for comment on Monday but referred Guardian Australia to a long Facebook comment from Latham “for a further perspective”.
Latham, a former federal Labor leader, said Hanson had replaced the party executive “without consultation or due process”.“Good party members who worked exceptionally hard forHe said the “party was moving forward in a sensible, cooperative way but has now been turned upside down by the Queensland intervention”.
He also said the decision was “not about performance” but about money and made claims he had stopped the misuse of taxpayer funds while in the top job.Latham has been contacted for comment.
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