Family First senator Bob Day's challenge to recently passed Senate voting changes will return to the High Court in April to determine if it will go to a full hearing.
Commonwealth Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson described some of the submissions put by Senator Day's legal team as a "solemn farce" during a brief directions hearing in Sydney on Thursday.
Under the changes, which cleared by federal parliament last week following a marathon 40-hour debate, voters will be encouraged to allocate their preferences by numbering at least six boxes above the line on a Senate ballot paper. Below the line they need to number only 12 boxes.
The federal government has insisted the changes are constitutionally sound and will withstand any challenge.
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