Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 14 o Hōngongoi 2017, ka wehe a Ludlam i te Whare Kaunihera i muri i tana
i kitea he rua ōna whenua noho o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa. I te wiki i muri mai i te 18 o Hurae 2017, ko tana kaitohutohu o mua, me te Kaunihera o Kuini, a Larissa Waters i whakarere, i muri i tana kitenga he taangata takirua ia me Kanata, ana mena i whanau ia i te wiki i muri mai kaore i penei. Kaore raua e tika ki te pooti ki te Paremata i raro i te waahanga 44 o te Ture o Ahitereiria. I muri mai, i whakaingoatia a Adam Bandt raua ko Rachel Siewert hei kaiarahi tuarua mo te wa poto tae noa ki te taenga mai o Ludlam me Waters' whakakapinga i Canberra.