Mark Latham & Senator Hollie Hughes on The Chris Smith Show - 27 April 2023

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Mark Latham is an Australian politician and media commentator, currently serving as the leader of One Nation in the New South Wales Legislative Council. He previously served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition from December 2003 to January 2005, leading the party to defeat at the 2004 federal election. Latham became disillusioned with politics and retired in January 2005. After leaving politics, he published a memoir, The Latham Diaries, in which he attacked his former colleagues and condemned the state of political life in Australia. After leaving parliament, Latham became a prominent political and social commentator, and became known for his right-wing and socially conservative political views.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Hollie Hughes was elected to the Senate for New South Wales in 2019 following a successful career in communications, government affairs, consultancy and advocacy for rural and regional Australians. Now based in Sydney, Senator Hughes spent almost 20 years living in the country – mainly at Moree in north western NSW. As a mother of three she had a first-hand understanding of the drought’s devastating impacts on rural families and local economies against a backdrop of limited social and health services. In recent years Senator Hughes has also been a passionate advocate for autistic children and their families after her son was diagnosed in 2012.