Conservative NSW parties will benefit from shunning of Mark Latham, experts say

Shooters party and potentially Liberal Democrats may have more influence in upper house as One Nation becomes marginalised

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Conservative crossbench parties look set to benefit from Mark Latham and One Nation becoming increasingly marginalised in the New South Wales upper house due to his comments over homosexuality, political experts say.

The Minns government, the Greens and the Animal Justice party have vowed to not work with One Nation’s state leader following a graphic tweet Latham posted and deleted on 30 March that Greenwich described as “defamatory and homophobic”.

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