Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Hughes akanga ari mukwikwidzi asina kubudirira weSeneti musarudzo yemubatanidzwa ya2016. Zvisinei, munguva ye2017 parliamentary eligibility crisis
, akahwina countback kuti aone kutsiva kweSenator Fiona Nash, asi haana kuziviswa kuti akasarudzwa nekuti Dare Repamusoro reAustralia, richigara seDare reDisputed Returns, rakatonga kuti aisakodzera kusarudzwa nekuda kwebasa rake senhengo yeAdministrative Appeals Tribunal.