Radio veteran and long-time Liberal supporter Alan Jones donates $10,000 to One Nation's election campaign
- Veteran broadcaster donates $10,000 to One Nation's NSW election campaign
- Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham says he is 'honoured' by support
- Latham, One Nation's NSW leader, is considered a strong election chance
Veteran broadcaster and former Liberal Party candidate Alan Jones has thrown his support behind One Nation, donating $10,000 to Mark Latham's NSW election campaign.
Sydney's king of breakfast radio has regularly hosted the former Labor leader on his show and the pair wrote a cookbook together in 2018 called 'Conversations in the Kitchen'.
Jones, who has topped the breakfast ratings for 30 years on 2UE and 2GB, has long helped the Liberal party to raise funds.
Alan Jones (pictured), who has topped the breakfast ratings for 30 years on 2UE and 2GB, has long helped the Liberal party to raise funds but is now backing One Nation in the NSW election
Jones has in the past been a strident critic of New South Wales Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian, notably in 2017 when she took the reins of the premiership.
Mark Latham, a former federal Labor leader who defected to One Nation, is spearheading the nationalist party's foray into NSW politics at the forthcoming March 23 state election.
Latham took to Twitter to praise Jones, saying his campaign was honoured to receive his donation support.
'No one in Aust media has a bigger, thoroughly researched interest in public policy debate than Alan Jones,' he wrote on Monday.
'I aim not to let him and other supporters down as I pursue our policy agenda in NSW Parliament, if elected.'
Alan Jones could not be contacted for comment on Monday.
Mark Latham (pictured), a former federal Labor leader who defected to One Nation, is spearheading the nationalist party's foray into NSW politics at the forthcoming March 23 state election
The veteran broadcaster is currently off contract with the owner of radio station 2GB, Macquarie Media, and some reports have suggested he may leave the network.
Mark Latham, One Nation's NSW leader, is hoping to win an eight-year term in the NSW upper house, whilst the party is fielding several candidates across lower house seats.
The former Labor heavyweight is considered to have a strong chance of being elected to the state upper house at the March 23 elections.
The ruling Liberal-National party Coalition in New South Wales is seeking a third consecutive term against a Labor Opposition pledging to cancel $1.5 billion worth of stadium projects in Sydney's east and west.
Mark Latham (right) defected from Labor to join One Nation led by Pauline Hanson (left)
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