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Politics Podcast: Matt Canavan on divorce in the LNP and discipline in the Coaliton
Nationals cabinet minister Matt Canavan doesn't agree that breaking up the Queensland LNP would solve any problems politically.
BHP has distanced itself from moves to strip environment groups of their tax deductibility status.
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BHP has distanced itself from moves to strip environment groups of their tax deductibility status. Why does the Big Australian see value in defending them?
The High Court has ruled Scott Ludlam, Larissa Waters, Fiona Nash, Barnaby Joyce and Malcolm Roberts ineligible to have stood for parliament at the 2016 election.
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The question will now be whether Section 44 of the Constitution needs reform to enable dual citizens who may have a lot to offer to become MPs.
The High Court declared Barnaby Joyce ineligible to sit in parliament.
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The High Court was unanimous on its decision in all the cases, with the eligibility of five MPs rejected and two upheld.
All eyes will be on the High Court as it decides the dual citizenship cases of (from left), Malcolm Roberts, Scott Ludlam, Larissa Waters, Barnaby Joyce, Fiona Nash, Matt Canavan and Nick Xenophon.
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For Malcolm Turnbull, on a wafer-thin majority and struggling in the polls, the outcome of the seven High Court cases is of vital importance.
Malcolm Roberts is one of several MPs currently before the High Court.
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The High Court has set hearing dates of October 10, 11 and 12 for MPs’ dual citizenship cases.
The government tells High Court it would be willing to pay costs of those before the court
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The government has asked the High Court to hear the dual citizenship cases of several current and former MPs on September 13-14.
Yallourn Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.
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On Q&A, an audience member said renewable energy is ‘now cheaper than coal’. Senator Matt Canavan disagreed, saying renewables are not ‘at the moment, cheaper than coal’. Let’s look at the numbers.
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The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in politics.
Legal experts are unsure what the High Court may decide on Matt Canavan.
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Even if Matt Canavan survives, his immediate absence from cabinet is a blow to Barnaby Joyce.
Matt Canavan says he did not know he was an Italian citizen, claiming his mother signed him up on his behalf.
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Matt Canavan was seemingly able to obtain Italian citizenship without being born or spending any time in Italy.
Matt Canavan has been told that he is an Italian citizen.
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At the heart of the current controversy is that the senators were either ignorant of their second nationality or believed themselves to have lost it.
Matt Canavan told a news conference he had been informed he is an Italian citizen.
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Matt Canavan has resigned as the minister for resources and northern Australia after being told by the Italian embassy that he is an Italian citizen.
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Politics podcast: Matt Canavan on Adani
Matt Canavan tells The Conversation this mine is only one part of a plan for 'opening up the Galilee Basin' to provide investment opportunities, exports, and employment.
At least ten cents in every dollar of superannuation assets is indirectly financing house purchases via commercial bank debt.
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What critics of the plan to use superannuation for housing miss is that Australia’s super system already channels a significant proportion of retirement savings into housing.
Senator Matt Canavan is leading a backbench push to stand up for stay-at-home parents.
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With the budget squarely targeted at getting more mothers into work or working extra hours, a group of Coalition backbenchers is forming to fight for the interests of stay-at-home parents.