Just months after claiming a seat in parliament in an election upset, One Nation senator Warwick Stacey has resigned from the upper house due to health issues.
The senator announced he will vacate his seat after just two sitting weeks and before even being able to give his maiden speech, because "he could not in good conscience bring anything less than a 100% dedicated effort to his role".
"Unfortunately, I will be unable to fully dedicate myself to the role as I deal with my personal health issues," Stacey said.
"I don't think a person elected to parliament should be anything less than completely dedicated to a role entrusted to them by voters, so I'm resigning to make way for someone who can do that on behalf of the people of NSW."
He didn't provide any detail about the nature