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Senators urged to challenge election validity of Family First's Bob Day

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The Federal Government will ask the Senate to consider challenging Bob Day's election to the Upper House in the High Court.President of the Senate, the Liberal Partys Stephen Parry, has advised senators that there were difficult constitutional questions about whether Senator Day should have been elected, meaning his replacement will not be decided by Family First next week as initially expected.Aaron reports.


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The Federal Government will ask the Senate to consider challenging Bob Day's election to the Upper House in the High Court.President of the Senate, the Liberal Partys Stephen Parry, has advised senators that there were difficult constitutional questions about whether Senator Day should have been elected, meaning his replacement will not be decided by Family First next week as initially expected.Aaron reports.



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