One Nation’s NSW leader Mike Newman has been escorted out of parliamentary Question Time after he entered the chamber without having been elected.

Mr Newman has not been elected as an MP in NSW, but will run for the seat of Cessnock in the Hunter Valley in the 2027 state election in March.

He entered the adviser area of the Legislative Assembly chamber on Wednesday, before he was escorted out. 

“I did find it quite funny, the machinations that went on beforehand,” Mr Newman told News24.com.au after the event.

“The Sergeant of Arms said that things were getting a little bit uncomfortable, so they had to move me on.

“I did find it quite amusing that we’re creating that much consternation within the Labor Party.”

Shortly after he was kicked out, Mr Newman attempted to hold a press conference on the balcony of Parliament House, but was kicked off.

“The Sergeant at Arms ushered us off. This is a government that is living in the shadow of a rising One Nation party,” he said.

NSW Premier Chris Minns mocked Mr Newman during Question Time, saying “He just turned up”.

“I think he saw that bloke jump over the barrier and he went, ‘That’s how you get in here’,” Mr Minns said, referencing a protester who broke in on Tuesday.

While Mr Newman has not yet been elected, News24.com.au recently revealed One Nation could win more than 20 seats, according to internal Labor polling.

Ahead of the March 2027 election, NSW Labor polling indicates Mr Newman could become the state opposition leader.

Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane would be relegated to third, with the Nationals virtually wiped out.

That’s according to polling commissioned by Labor, which believes Premier Chris Minns will win the election.

“We’re not going up against Labor or the Coalition, we’re going in to bat for the people of New South Wales,” Mr Newman said. 

The One Nation leader told News24.com.au that he wanted to see less regulation, less red tape and lower taxes in the state.

“We’re listening to everyone out there in the hustings and that’s the feedback that we’re getting,” he said.

“So they can live in denial that things are somehow going rosy under this Labor government, but (the economy is) growing at a puny one per cent.

“And a lot of that actually relies on federal government support for their renewable energy programme.”

Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane has played down the threat of One Nation, saying the Coalition’s challenge was still against Labor.

“We don’t take any seat or any vote for granted, but at the moment, One Nation, I think, only has one endorsed candidate,” she said on Wednesday.

“They need to be held accountable, though, if they are the threat that the polls are saying they are.”

Ms Sloane said she was willing to work with One Nation if the Coalition won minority government at the election.

“I would happy to work with One Nation for confidence and supply. But I’m looking to govern in our own right.”

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