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    • Aug 25, 2017

    Dummies Guide update: Keeping the High Court busy

    The Dual Citizenship Case The first response from some commentators (including on Melbourne radio station 3AW this morning) has been to criticise the delay in hearing the case, which has been listed for 3 days of argument on October 10th to 12th. However, there are three excellent reasons for hearing the case in October: 1. Getting Evidence: The various parties – the Commonwealth and the various MPs – need to obtain expert evidence about what the citizenship laws are in vario
    Dummies Guide update: Keeping the High Court busy
    • Aug 15, 2017

    The Dummies Guide to Constitutional Law Or: How I Learnt To Stop Worrying and Love Dual Citizenship

    Written more than a century ago, the Australian Constitution has always had some fairly clear ideas about who can, and cannot, be in the Federal Parliament. The latest confusion revolves around one of the disqualification criteria: Section 44(i). The rationale is an easy one: that a person cannot serve two masters. A member of the Australian parliament who votes on the laws that govern foreign affairs, spending, the military and the like cannot owe allegiance to another natio
    The Dummies Guide to Constitutional Law
Or: How I Learnt To Stop Worrying and Love Dual Citizenship

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