Explainer: is Peter Dutton ineligible to sit in parliament?
- Written by Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
There is enough in the Dutton case to raise questions about whether disqualification has occurred.AAP/Lukas Coch
Section 44 of the Constitution has struck down many a politician in the past year – but is it powerful enough to take down the Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton? This time it is not dual citizenship under s44(i) that is at...
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