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Simpson - who became Reform's sole MSP in August after defecting from the Conservatives - rejected arguments that parliamentarians who switch parties after being elected should be subject to recall.

And while the vast majority of Social Democrat parliamentarians were on board for more hardline policies, there is far more wariness amongst some Labour MPs.

She already had more than the required 20 parliamentarian signatures even without the backing of Ireland's main opposition party Sinn Féin, whose campaigning machine weighed in behind her around halfway through.

Jeremy Buckingham, a New South Wales parliamentarian who has been supporting the Grimmer family, said he's prepared to use parliamentary privilege to name the man when state parliament resumes sitting on Thursday.

Mr Loughton highlighted that, as a private citizen, he no longer had "certain protections" afforded to parliamentarians, requiring him to be "even more wary".