A defiant Pauline Hanson has stood by her intervention in the NSW One Nation branch and the turfing out of state leader Mark Latham, arguing action was required after the NSW party fielded candidates in just 17 of the state’s 93 lower house seats in the March election.
A spokesman for Senator Hanson, who leads One Nation federally, confirmed she was yet to exchange words with Mr Latham over the events last week, where a slew of the conservative party’s powerbrokers took over the NSW branch, arguing its flagging performance required steadying.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
