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====Resignations, disendorsements and ineligibility==== [[Rod Culleton]] (WA) left the party in December 2016, after months of legal troubles and party infighting to sit as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] bringing the number of party senators to three.<ref name="resignation">{{Cite news |last1=Knott |first1=Matthew |title='I'm glad to see the back of him': Rod Culleton resigns from Pauline Hanson's One Nation party |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/rod-culleton-resigns-from-pauline-hansons-one-nation-party-20161218-gtdr5j.html |access-date=18 December 2016 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 December 2016 |archive-date=18 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218193626/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/rod-culleton-resigns-from-pauline-hansons-one-nation-party-20161218-gtdr5j.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-18/one-nation-senator-rod-culleton-resigns-from-party/8130848 |title=One Nation senator Rod Culleton resigns from party |work=ABC News |date=18 December 2016 |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231071500/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-18/one-nation-senator-rod-culleton-resigns-from-party/8130848 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 February 2017, the [[High Court of Australia]] ruled that Culleton's election was invalid due to a conviction for which he was subject to being sentenced at the time of the election, notwithstanding that the conviction was subsequently annulled. The resulting vacancy was filled by a [[Election recount|recount]] of the votes at the [[2016 Australian federal election|election]], which resulted in [[Peter Georgiou]] taking the seat and returning the One Nation representation in the Senate to four. During the [[2017 Western Australian state election]], several One Nation candidates either quit or were disendorsed.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Karp|first1=Paul|title='Log off, it's over': One Nation orders candidates back to reality after WA election|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/18/log-off-its-over-one-nation-orders-candidates-back-to-reality-after-western-australia-election|access-date=25 March 2017|work=The Guardian Australia|date=17 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325113554/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/18/log-off-its-over-one-nation-orders-candidates-back-to-reality-after-western-australia-election|url-status=live}}</ref> Dane Sorensen provided a copy of the party's Western Australian "candidate agreement" form for this election, which all candidates had to sign. It includes an "administration fee" of $250,000 if an elected candidate subsequently leaves the party.<ref>{{Cite news|title=One Nation insiders reveal Pauline Hanson's 'brutal dictatorship'|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-03/one-nation-accused-of-brutal-dictatorship/8408978|access-date=3 April 2017|work=ABC News|date=3 April 2017|language=en-AU|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403005022/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-03/one-nation-accused-of-brutal-dictatorship/8408978|url-status=live}}</ref> One Nation previously formed a 'conservative bloc' with the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)|Liberal Democratic Party]] and [[Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party]] in the [[Western Australia Legislative Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-18/conservative-minor-party-bloc-to-hold-sway-over-wa-upper-house/8538206 |title=WA politics: Upper House conservative bloc pledges to work with government |publisher=ABC News |date=18 May 2017 |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-date=26 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726035346/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-18/conservative-minor-party-bloc-to-hold-sway-over-wa-upper-house/8538206 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 27 October 2017, the full High Court, as Court of Disputed Returns, ruled that [[Malcolm Roberts (politician)|Malcolm Roberts]] had been ineligible to be elected to the Parliament. On 13 November, Senator [[Fraser Anning]] took Roberts' seat after a Senate recount. However, on the same day Anning left the party to become an [[Independent politician|Independent]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/hanson-says-anning-has-abandoned-one-nation/9144142|title=Hanson says newest senator Fraser Anning has abandoned One Nation|date=13 November 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en-AU|archive-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113005913/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/hanson-says-anning-has-abandoned-one-nation/9144142|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 June 2018, Senator Brian Burston announced his resignation from the party to sit as an independent, following a month-long clash with Hanson centred around the Turnbull Government's corporate tax cuts, on which Hanson had reversed her position. This reduced the party to 2 senators, with Hanson remaining the only member of One Nation elected at the 2016 Federal election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/14/brian-burston-quits-one-nation-and-hanson-loses-senate-balance-of-power|title=Brian Burston quits One Nation β and Hanson loses Senate balance of power|first=Amy|last=Remeikis|date=13 June 2018|website=the Guardian|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614011019/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/14/brian-burston-quits-one-nation-and-hanson-loses-senate-balance-of-power|url-status=live}}</ref>
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