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One Nation Senator Rod Culleton attends wrong Question Time

ROD Culleton’s political career is under a cloud. But the One Nation Senator doesn’t seem worried, after he randomly went to the wrong Question Time.

One Nation Senator Rod Culleton enters the Chamber and sits in a visitors' gallery on the floor during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange.
One Nation Senator Rod Culleton enters the Chamber and sits in a visitors' gallery on the floor during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange.

ROD Culleton’s political career is under a cloud. But the One Nation Senator doesn’t appear worried, after he randomly turned up to the wrong Question Time.

Senator Culleton was politely escorted out of the House of Representatives today, where Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus came over to have a chat.

The pair were in the visitors’ seating area before he left the lower house to quickly and run to the Senate to vote on the controversial backpacker tax.

Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus talkative to One Nation Senator Rod Culleton in visitors' seating on the floor during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange.
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus talkative to One Nation Senator Rod Culleton in visitors' seating on the floor during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange.

It’s unclear what the WA senator was doing — was he lost, was he was checking to see if the benches were more comfortable in the lower house - but Culleton decided to attend the House of Representatives’ Question Time today.

Culleton should have been on the other side of Parliament in the Senate Question Time.

When asked why he was in the wrong house he told the media:

One Nation Senator Rod Culleton enters the Chamber and is escorted to visitors' seating on the floor during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange.
One Nation Senator Rod Culleton enters the Chamber and is escorted to visitors' seating on the floor during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange.

A smiling attendant politely escorted Senator Culleton out after a few moments, but not before

It’s the latest in a string of headline-grabbing moments for the embattled senator this week.

One Nation Senator Rod Culleton was in the Senate chamber earlier. Picture: AAP
One Nation Senator Rod Culleton was in the Senate chamber earlier. Picture: AAP

On Monday, it was his performance in the Court of Disputed Returns, which will judge whether he was actually eligible to be elected on July 2 because of a larceny conviction at the time.

One Nation Senators Rodney Culleton and Pauline Hanson during the Backpacker Tax Bill vote. Picture: AAP
One Nation Senators Rodney Culleton and Pauline Hanson during the Backpacker Tax Bill vote. Picture: AAP
One Nation Senator Rodney Culleton and Australian Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash. Picture: AAP
One Nation Senator Rodney Culleton and Australian Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash. Picture: AAP

On Tuesday, he was referred to Queensland police over allegedly attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Then on Wednesday it was the very public battle with his party leader Pauline Hanson.

Senator Rod Culleton waited for his party leader, Pauline Hanson, to meet in his office but when she did not show he went to a BBQ for a charity. Picture Gary Ramage
Senator Rod Culleton waited for his party leader, Pauline Hanson, to meet in his office but when she did not show he went to a BBQ for a charity. Picture Gary Ramage

Culleton denied he would leave One Nation after the stoush, declaring “everything’s fine” after the pair finally managed to meet.

But the question remains ‘What will Culleton do next?’

One Nation Senator Rod Culleton emerges from the High Court in Canberra on Monday. Picture: Ray Strange.
One Nation Senator Rod Culleton emerges from the High Court in Canberra on Monday. Picture: Ray Strange.

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