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Tony Abbott ?
Which parliamentarians have dual UK/AU citizenship?
Tony Abbott ?
Personally, I think that section of the Constitution is outdated.
I don't think it is, it's up to the candidates to abide by the Constitution, ignorance is no excuse.
her assertion that she had no knowledge of her Canadian citizenship seems reasonable and the penalty seems unreasonable, imo.
I don't think it is, it's up to the candidates to abide by the Constitution, ignorance is no excuse.
Yes, I agree, but the law is the law and presumably she can now rectify her status and return at a later date.
I would have assumed that checks should be done on candidates, to avoid revoting etc.it is not such a big numberOh, I totally agree with you that she has to go.
The AEC needs to be a bit more thorough in background checking candidates. Four senators ruled invalid is unacceptable.
Must be a self reporting system.Oh, I totally agree with you that she has to go.
The AEC needs to be a bit more thorough in background checking candidates. Four senators ruled invalid is unacceptable.
Oh, I totally agree with you that she has to go.
The AEC needs to be a bit more thorough in background checking candidates. Four senators ruled invalid is unacceptable.
That's it, Boggo.
They would have had to read it and sign it.
They say that the Greens are like watermelons, green on the outside and red on the inside.
I think they are more like green balloons, green on the outside and nothing in the inside.
This is an extract from Lee Rhiannon's Wikipedia page...
Rhiannon was born Lee Brown, the daughter of Bill and Freda Brown, who were long-term members of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) and later the Soviet-loyal Socialist Party of Australia (SPA).[1] Her parents' membership of the CPA and Lee's membership of the CPA's youth league led to documentation of her life by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) from as early as the age of seven.[2][3] She joined the SPA around 1973.[4]
We all know where Lee Rhiannon comes from, but the fact that she is on the Outer with the mainstream Greens indicates that they don't share her political philosophy and shouldn't be painted with the same brush.
Political commentator David Burchell from Western Sydney University told 7.30 there is an authoritarian tendency in the NSW branch of the party:
There seems to be a strange part of the culture with the Greens where they view themselves as under attack, they view large parts of the media as their enemies.
The NSW wing of the party is separate from the federal party and the history and culture of Greens parties varies hugely from state to state.
In a closed Facebook group for NSW Greens to confidentially discuss the party a link to our story was posted.
In Cold War style language one Green called for leakers to be identified and punished writing:
Those traitors leaking are attempting to split the party into those believe in our inherently socialist principles and those who see socialism as a political "evil".
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