Independent senator Rod Culleton has lost his spot in the Senate after he was declared bankrupt by a Federal Court judge.
Senate president Stephen Parry has informed Mr Culleton and WA governor Kerry Sanderson there is a vacancy because the former One Nation member has been disqualified from the position as he is an “undischarged bankrupt”.
Senator Parry also advised party leaders and independent senators of the development.
“It is a necessary and automatic consequence of the declaration of bankruptcy of a serving senator, that his place as a senator becomes vacant,” Senator Parry said on Wednesday.
But the Court of Disputed Returns is still to determine whether Mr Culleton was eligible to be selected as a senator in the first place as h…
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