NSW One Nation Leader Ejected from State Parliament

A newly minted One Nation leader has copped a harsh introduction to his prospective workplace, as Australia’s oldest parliament lives up to its reputation as a political bearpit.

Wearing his customary bright orange tie spruiking the party’s colour, New South Wales leader and Cessnock candidate Mike Newman gatecrashed the lower house on Oct. 14 and stood silently in the corner near the chamber’s entrance.

Shortly after, Newman was ejected during Question Time by the Serjeant-at-arms, who has had a busy few days dealing with unauthorised interlopers.

“The Minns Labor government says they want to provide One Nation access to the Parliamentary Budget Office but have kicked me out of Question Time,” Newman said on his Facebook.

The antics on Oct. 14 come after the government said on Oct. 12 it would seek to have One Nation be required to submit its platform to the Parliamentary Budget Office for review.

That office would then create a budget impact statement for all three parties before voters head to the polls.

One Nation said Newman was sitting in the advisers area when he told he had to move to make room for advisers.

He had been invited to parliament by Libertarian MP John Ruddick.

The candidate in the March 2027 state elections then attempted to hold a snap press conference but was also told he would not be allowed to.

“The Serjeant-at-Arms ushered us off … this is a government that is living in the shadow of a rising One Nation party,” he told News 24.

One Nation referred AAP to Mr Newman’s social media as its official comment.

His stunt comes a day after a climate protester with Rising Tide was booted out of the gallery for attempting to breach the barrier to confront NSW Premier Chris Minns over his coal mine extension policies.

The incident elicited laughter and cringing smiles from politicians on both sides of the aisle.

Not one to miss an opportunity to make light of the extraordinary ploy, the premier ridiculed him saying “he just turned up.”

“He saw that bloke jump over the barrier and he went ‘that’s how you get in here’,” Minns told parliament, referencing the climate demonstrator on Tuesday who was also ejected.

By Farid Farid in Sydney