Senator Rod Culleton has been declared bankrupt by the federal court in Perth, which would disqualify him from parliament, but he has vowed to fight on.
Culleton, who was elected as part of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation before quitting the party this week, was found bankrupt following action taken by a creditor.
Under Section 44 of the Australian constitution, a person is not allowed to continue as a member of federal parliament if he or she is an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent.
“You’ve just executed me … before I bleed to death,” Culleton was heard to say to the judge after the decision. “You have just given my estate away.”
The WA district court had ordered Senator Culleton to pay former Wesfarmers director Dick Lester…
