VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s dual citizenship issues
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If High Court decides against ministers with dual citizenship, could their decisions in office be challenged?
The MPs under a cloud because of dual citizenship need to be very careful about the decisions they make before the matter is resolved. Here's why.
Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull’s government has finally defied fiction
Malcolm Turnbull is an optimist, or so he always tells us, and he'll be looking at how things could all work out for the best in the best of worlds.
New shock rocks government: Nationals’ deputy Fiona Nash a dual British citizen
The deputy leader of the Nationals, Fiona Nash, has been found to have dual British nationality.
To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government
The High Court ruling over the five MPs' legitimacy to hold seats may hang on whether they took reasonable steps to renounce their non-Australian citizenships.
No, it wasn’t a conspiracy that caused Barnaby’s problem – it was himself
Let’s get one point straight. The crisis around Barnaby Joyce has been caused by one simple oversight by one person. Joyce was careless in not properly checking whether he complied with the citizenship…
New Zealand claims Barnaby Joyce as one of its own, in new dramatic citizenship turmoil
We have it from the New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English that Barnaby Joyce is a citizen of his country. We have it from the Australian Constitution that you can’t be a federal MP if you are a dual…
High Court to rule on whether Barnaby Joyce is a New Zealander
The government has been rocked by advice that Barnaby Joyce may be a New Zealand citizen, which would make him ineligible to be an MP.
Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on surviving the Senate
Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on surviving the senate.
After spending a year immersed in the parliamentary machine, broadcaster-turned-senator Derryn Hinch is keen to see a more efficient Senate.
Grattan on Friday: If High Court disqualifies Canavan, Joyce will be scratching for cabinet replacement
Even if Matt Canavan survives, his immediate absence from cabinet is a blow to Barnaby Joyce.
Greens should press Jordon Steele-John to stay in Senate seat he is set to get
What are the odds of three Senate candidates without a snowflake’s chance in hell of winning the seats they were pursuing at the 2016 election suddenly finding themselves gifted places courtesy of the…
Second crossbencher to be referred to the High Court
Further uncertainty has been thrown over the Senate crossbench, with the government now moving to have the High Court determine whether One Nation's Rod Culleton was ineligible for election.
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