Shorten has been tarnished by the citizenship affair.
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We’ll get a clearer indication of Bill Shorten’s strategy when he delivers his budget reply on Thursday night. His speech has taken on extra significance now.
The dual citizenship crisis claimed five more scalps today: Katy Gallagher, Susan Lamb, Rebekha Sharkie, Justine Keay and Josh Wilson.
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Today’s High Court decision against Katy Gallagher has clarified how to interpret the constitution on this matter. But the problem of dual citizenship can only be properly fixed by a referendum.
Gallagher was ineligible to sit because she had not completed the renunciation of her dual British citizenship when she nominated for the 2016 election.
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The decision has reignited the citizenship crisis and transformed the political landscape.
Senator Katy Gallagher knew she was a British citizen at the last election, but maintains she took “all reasonable steps” to renounce it.
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Today’s High Court decision on whether Labor Senator Katy Gallagher is eligible to hold her seat will have significant implications for the whole parliament.
Mathias Cormann congratulates new Senate arrival Amanda Stoker, who replaces George Brandis.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
New senators Tim Storer and Steve Martin boosted the prospects for the government’s tax cuts for big business.
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If the government clinches the tax cut legislation it will be a major victory – with its own irony.
Steve Martin has been sworn in to take Jacqui Lambie’s place as a Tasmanian senator.
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The reallocation is short and long Senate terms for Tasmania distorts the 2016 election result.
Susan Lamb on Wednesday said she had been advised she did not have a legal right to access her parents’ marriage certificate.
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Embattled Labor MP Susan Lamb has hit back at government pressure for her to quit parliament over her dual citizenship.
The High Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that Steve Martin was eligible to sit in the Senate.
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The High Court has ruled that Steve Martin is eligible to enter the Senate to replace the disqualified Jacqui Lambie.
Members of the Australasian Federation Conference, 1890.
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The now-infamous section 44 of the Australian Constitution was a last-minute change by the authors, drafted in private and accepted out of weariness.
Bill Shorten on Sunday announced a Labor government would freeze health premium increases to 2% in each of its first two years in office.
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The Coalition now trails 48-52% on the two-party vote – the best result for it since April last year.
Ged Kearney has been announced as Labor’s star candidate for the inner-Melbourne seat of Batman.
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As the fallout from the dual citizenship saga continues, the Greens and Labor are set to fight a close contest in Batman, while Nick Xenophon has work to do ahead of the South Australian election.
David Feeney confirmed he still could not produce the paperwork to demonstrate he had renounced his British citizenship.
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Labor MP David Feeney has quit parliament and triggered a byelection in the Victorian seat of Batman.
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2017 has felt like a chaotic year in Australian politics, and one in which policy progress has been swamped by other distractions. We can only hope that 2018 is calmer and more productive.
Despite the setbacks, Bill Shorten is still very well-placed compared with Malcolm Turnbull.
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It will be months before Labor will know what damage the citizenship crisis might do to it.
Barnaby Joyce received a rousing return to parliament today after the New England byelection.
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The opposition failed in an attempt to get a ‘job lot’ of MPs referred to the High Court.
Labor senator Katy Gallagher has been referred to the High Court over her possible dual citizenship status.
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That it has taken more than five months and a compulsory declaration procedure for some MPs’ dual citizenship issues to come to light reflects extremely badly on them.
Last year David Feeney beat Greens candidate Alex Bhathal for the Victorian seat of Batman by a whisker.
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If David Feeney was found to be ineligible, Labor would be at high risk of losing his Melbourne seat of Batman to the Greens.
Katy Gallagher says she will not refer herself to the court because her legal advice was that she had taken all the steps required of her before she nominated.
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Katy Gallagher is one of several Labor MPs likely to be referred to the High Court as the citizenship crisis turns on the opposition.
Barnaby Joyce received a significant swing in the New England byelection.
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Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has been returned to parliament with a big swing toward him in his New South Wales seat of New England.