Barnaby Joyce has called on parliamentary colleagues concerned about their eligibility status to refer themselves immediately to the high court, and has branded his Liberal and Labor colleagues “dopey” for standing back initially to let Nationals take the rap in the high court.
Asked to respond to criticism of the National party by its Liberal Coalition partner about its apparent failure to follow proper candidate vetting processes before the last federal election, Joyce replied: “Ah, Stephen Parry.”
The president of the Senate, the Liberal senator Stephen Parry, informed the government on Tuesday that he may be a dual citizen through descent. Joyce was ruled ineligible by the high court last week on the same grounds and is now facing a byelection in his seat of New England …
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