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High court rules Barnaby Joyce and four others ineligible in dual citizenship case
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 26, 2017 11:06pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Paul Karp |
| News Date | Friday, October 27, 2017 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, and four senators have been ruled ineligible to sit in parliament by the high court, with only Matt Canavan and Nick Xenophon surviving the challenge.
The court’s unanimous decision to uphold a strict reading of the constitutional disqualification of foreign citizens will trigger a byelection in Joyce’s seat of New England and force the deputy Nationals leader, Fiona Nash, and One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts out of the Senate, at least for now.
The decision leaves the Turnbull government without its working majority in the House of Representatives, although it will continue to govern with confidence and supply from a few crossbench MPs. |
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