Labor to launch High Court challenge to MP's election
Assistant Minister for Health David Gillespie Source: AAP
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. 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'.
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. 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'.
