It took Greens politician Tim Hollo more than a year, a 75-year-old document and even a president's signature to renounce his multiple citizenships.
Category Archives: Constitution
Parliamentary Committee backs Indigenous Voice to Parliament
The committee tasked with finding a way forward on constitutional recognition has recommended the government work with Indigenous people to design a model for the voice to parliament.
Indigenous voice to parliament should be reconsidered, bipartisan committee finds
Indigenous Australians should have a voice to parliament and the government should consider supporting the body, a bi-partisan committee says in its report being tabled in Parliament today. The recommendations come despite Scott Morrison's rejection of the concept.
Fresh Section 44 clouds gather over Parliament
You might think that after fifteen resignations and six by-elections our federal politicians would be across the fine print of Section 44 of the Constitution.
Labor to renew bid to refer Peter Dutton to the High Court
Labor says the Home Affairs Minister's ownership of childcare centres through a family trust could put him in breach of the dreaded Section 44 of the Constitution.
Why can politicians say whatever they like under parliamentary privilege?
Parliamentary privilege provides legal immunity to those who use it within the Houses of Parliament. Here's how it can be used — and its limits.
Peter Dutton intensifies attack on former Border Force boss Roman Quaedvlieg
The Home Affairs Minister uses parliamentary privilege to lash out at Roman Quaedvlieg over "fictitious" and "salacious" information regarding the au pairs saga, accusing him of being a "discredited and disgraced" person who "groomed a girl 30 years younger than himself".
Peter Dutton denies misleading Parliament over au pairs
Peter Dutton says the Greens are wrong to say he misled Parliament over the granting of visas for two au pairs.
This is how the numbers look in the House of Reps without Turnbull
Now that the Coalition is down one member in the House of Representatives, and one of its Nationals is sitting on the crossbench, its opponents might try to test the numbers with a vote of no confidence in Peter Dutton. Here's how that could play out.
Labor ramps up pressure on Dutton’s childcare centres ahead of return of Parliament
Labor is seeking to rekindle the debate over Peter Dutton's eligibility to remain in Federal Parliament, with a new document revealing new questions over his financial dealings with the Commonwealth.