NSW One Nation MP Mark Latham attacks an investigation into the party in which members are secretly filmed discussing softening Australia's gun laws as a do over and media entrapment.
One Nation MP Mark Latham, who was elected to NSW's Upper House at the weekend, has attacked an investigation into the party's stance on gun laws as a"do over".As part of an Al Jazeera investigation, One Nation figures were filmed discussing the softening of Australia's gun lawsThe ABC said the reaction to the story proved it was in the public interest
Speaking on radio station 2GB, Mr Latham described Al Jazeera's three-year investigation into One Nation as"media entrapment", and claimed the ABC was trying to"do over" his party by running it.
"I think it's quite remarkable that a news agency headed by a guy who came from the ABC, now working for this Arabic news outfit, would spend three years paying someone to deliberately deceive, lie, spy, connive and set-up these Queensland One Nation officials.In videos splashed over several news outlets yesterday, Mr Ashby and Mr Dickson can be seen discussing donations in the order of $10 million and $20 million.
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