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Legal challenges to government decisions likely: Labor

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The front entrance of Parliament House in Canberra Source: AAP

The former Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, is dismissing potential threats to decisions he made while he was in parliament. The Opposition claims more than 100 government decisions could face a legal challenge because they were made by two Nationals politicians who were ineligible to be in parliament because of their dual citizenship. The Foreign Minister has also moved to calm tensions between the Liberals and the Nationals following the High Court decision.


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The former Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, is dismissing potential threats to decisions he made while he was in parliament. The Opposition claims more than 100 government decisions could face a legal challenge because they were made by two Nationals politicians who were ineligible to be in parliament because of their dual citizenship. The Foreign Minister has also moved to calm tensions between the Liberals and the Nationals following the High Court decision.



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