Government hits back at Labor with High Court threat

By Fergus Hunter
Updated August 16 2017 - 12:54pm, first published August 15 2017 - 5:14pm
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 14 August 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 14 August 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Manger of Opposition Business Tony Burked argued Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce should stand down and not vote after announced to the House he is referring his eligibility to stand in Parliament to the High Court at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 14 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares
Manger of Opposition Business Tony Burked argued Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce should stand down and not vote after announced to the House he is referring his eligibility to stand in Parliament to the High Court at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 14 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

The Turnbull government is threatening to refer a group of Labor MPs to the High Court if they refuse to provide evidence they were validly elected with only Australian citizenship.

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