Mark Latham dumped as One Nation’s NSW leader after intervention from Pauline Hanson

Hanson cites party's electoral performance in letter to members disbanding the party state's executive

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Mark Latham has been dumped as the One Nation leader in New South Wales after the party's federal leader, Pauline Hanson, staged an intervention in the state branch.

Hanson last week installed a new state executive in NSW and made herself the branch's temporary leader after disbanding the former state executive in order to axe Latham from the leadership position.

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