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Labor to launch High Court challenge to MP's election

Assistant Minister for Health David Gillespie

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'.


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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. 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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