Jacqui Lambie Network senator Tammy Tyrrell quits party over cryptic comment

Tasmanian Senator Tammy Tyrrell has sensationally resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network, saying the party leader is ‘not happy’ with her performance.

The 53-year-old says she’ll continue to represent the Tasmanian people in the federal parliament as an independent member.

Senator Tyrell shared a video on X in which she cryptically suggested she needed to leave to allow the Jacqui Lambie Network ‘to shine’.

‘Jacqui has indicated that she’s not happy with the way that I’ve been representing the Jacqui Lambert Network so I’ve made the tough decision to step aside and let the Network shine in its own right and me to shine in my own right,’ Senator Tyrell said.

‘There’s no hard feelings between Jacqui and I,’ she insisted.

Jacqui Lambie has lost a senator from her party

Senator Tyrell (pictured above with Lambie) shared a video on X in which she cryptically suggested she needed to leave to allow the Jacqui Lambie Network ‘to shine’ (below)

In a separate statment released on Thursday, Senator Tyrell said it had ‘become clear to me that I no longer have the confidence of the Jacqui Lambie Network to be able to represent it in the Senate’.

‘While Jacqui has not kicked me out of the Network, she has suggested that I go it alone,’ Senator Tyrell added.

Senator Tyrrell said it was a tough decision but she did not want to damage Senator Lambie and the party.

‘With that in mind, the best thing I can do is to step aside to allow the Network to shine,’ she said.

‘I don’t want to hold them back. I want to see Jacqui and the JLN continue to succeed.

‘I believe this is the best thing for Jacqui, the Network, myself, but most importantly, the people of Tasmania right now.’

Ms Tyrrell was elected to the Senate for Tasmania in 2022 and was the party Whip.

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Tasmanian Senator Tammy Tyrrell (right) has resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network, saying the party has lost confidence in her

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