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

One Nation MP will reportedly resign, with party able to fill vacant seat if he's elected to a new one

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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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