Newspoll has delivered a sweeping new setback to Malcolm Turnbull, with a big cut in his ‘better prime minister’ rating and Labor increasing its two-party lead to a massive 55-45%.
Former tennis star John Alexander, pictured here with Malcolm Turnbull, is expected to resign on the weekend.
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Malcolm Turnbull has told Rebekha Sharkie, the Nick Xenophon Team’s sole member in the House of Representatives, that her eligibility may have to be determined by the High Court.
There was much cynicism about Malcolm Turnbull resisting a full audit.
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Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are inching toward an agreement on the form of a citizenship declaration that each MP would have to make within weeks.
Malcolm Turnbull stressed this would not be an audit – for which there have been widespread calls.
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The Turnbull government is trying to limit the damage from the citizenship crisis with a plan to have all MPs make declarations about their circumstances.
The sudden exit from parliament of Senate President Stephen Parry has turned into a toxic blame game, in a further sign of a government crumbling into chaos.
Stephen Parry has been confirmed as a British citizen.
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Laws passed by MPs while under a citizenship cloud are unlikely to be contested; decisions made by ministers after doubts about their dual citizenship was announced are more complicated matters.
Barnaby Joyce pointed out sharply that the government’s survival in 2016 had been due to the Nationals’ good performance.
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A northern New South Wales bookmaker has got it about right on the New England byelection. “Barnaby will be a shorter price than Winx,” he told a National. “And the only one who could beat Barnaby is Winx…
George Brandis said the government was looking very carefully at the question of the validity of the former ministers’ decisions.
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In more than an understatement, Malcolm Turnbull opened his news conference after the High Court’s swingeing blow to the government by saying this was “clearly not the outcome we were hoping for”. And…
The High Court declared Barnaby Joyce ineligible to sit in parliament.
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Michelle Grattan speaks to Deep Saini about campaigning during the same-sex marriage postal ballot and Tony Abbott’s continued undermining of the government.