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Labor to launch High Court challenge to MP's election

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Labor says it's launching a High Court challenge to determine whether a Coalition frontbencher is eligible to sit in the parliament, in a move that could threaten the Turnbull Government's slim majority. Image: Assistant Minister for Health David Gillespie (AAP)


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By James Elton-Pym

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Labor says it's launching a High Court challenge to determine whether a Coalition frontbencher is eligible to sit in the parliament, in a move that could threaten the Turnbull Government's slim majority. Image: Assistant Minister for Health David Gillespie (AAP)


The opposition claims Dr Gillespie's private business dealings have breached the Constitution -- but already the government has dismissed the allegations as a 'Labor stunt'.

 


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