Former One Nation Senator Rod Culleton has been formally disaqualified from holding a senate seat.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Senate President Stephen Parry confirmed there was now a senate vacancy.
“Having received the necessary documentation of the facts from relevant officials, I have informed Senator Culleton and notified the Governor of Western Australia … that there is a vacancy in the representation of that state as a consequence of the disqualification of Senator Culleton,” he said.
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Mr Parry said Mr Culleton had been disqualified after being declared an “undischarged bankrupt”.
“It is a necessary and automative consequence of the declaration of bankruptcy of a serving senator that his…
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