New legal report warns of fresh constitutional crisis | Sky News Australia

  • 📰 SkyNewsAust
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 11 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 78%

Education Education Headlines News

Education Education Latest News,Education Education Headlines

Up to 26 MPs could be ruled ineligible to sit in federal parliament with a new legal report warning of a fresh constitutional crisis.

An article published by the University of Western Australia argues there are still unresolved issues under section 44 of the constitution, which disqualifies those ‘entitled to the rights or privileges ...

of a foreign power’, even if they are not technically citizens. 15 MPs and Senators were forced out of the last parliament after being found ineligible under section 44 due to dual citizenship. Image: Getty

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

No one cares... Can we actually get on with running this country If it is not one thing it is another. All to satisfy the 'drama' of the canberra press gallery

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 7. in EDUCATİON

Education Education Latest News, Education Education Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Parents ‘weren’t prepared’ for childcare subsidy changes | Sky News AustraliaShadow Early Childhood Education Minister Amanda Rishworth has expressed her concerns over the government’s reforms to the childcare system, saying parents were not ‘expecting or prepared’ for the changes to subsidies.\n\nThe Labor frontbencher says the government has not worked with parents to explain that there will be data-matching with their records to confirm childcare subsidy entitlements.\n\nMs Rishworth is concerned parents will end up with ‘large amounts of debt’ thanks to the changes.
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »