11-11-2017, 06:30 AM
(11-11-2017, 01:31 AM)Lods link Wrote:It's beyond the joke now.
We need an election.
John Alexander has now resigned but all the dual citizens still haven't been shaken out.
All legislation passed is under a cloud.
That would include any legislation passed after the SSM plebiscite is determined.
Not really. There's a High Court decision that means legislation passed on the votes of ineligible senators and/or members of the House of Representatives is valid.
However, another part of the constitution requires Ministers to be elected within three months of appointment. Ministerial decisions made by ineligible MPs/Senators more than three months after the last election are probably invalid. Expect High Court challenges to some of Tomato Head's decisions before much longer.
It's not rocket science; if you want to stand for Parliament check your ancestry and do the paperwork to renounce any other citizenry.
Of course, Kim Jong Un could decree that all Australians are citizens of North Korea and no-one could stand for Parliament

A law clarifying Australian citizen in the event of other countries, Hungary for example, making expats citizens should be enacted immediately.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball

