A federal Liberal MP has predicted Labor could win the next election and One Nation might control the balance of power in the Senate.
Tim Wilson made the comments in the context of talking about same-sex marriage, which he argued wasn't inevitable.
"I can see a scenario where after the next election you have a Labor government, One Nation has the balance of power in the Senate and that's not inconceivable," he told News Corp on Tuesday.
In a clarifying statement Mr Wilson claimed to have been misrepresented by the paper.
"My comments were in response to a question at a public forum about whether a change in the Marriage Act was 'inevitable'. In my answer I made it clear it wasn't, and that it was possible a change in law may not pass the Senate regardless of who is in government," he said.
For the record, Mr Wilson says it's his strong view that all his colleagues will win their seats at the next election and "Malcolm Turnbull will crush whoever is sitting in the opposition leader's chair".
"I seriously doubt it will be Bill Shorten."
