Barnaby Joyce citizenship remarks by PM Turnbull close to interfering with High Court: Labor

Labor accuses the Prime Minister of coming perilously close to directing the High Court to rule his deputy Barnaby Joyce was validly elected.

The Deputy Prime Minister has been referred to the court after the New Zealand Government confirmed he is a dual citizen, potentially ruling him ineligible to sit in Parliament.

Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus criticised Mr Turnbull for saying Mr Joyce was “qualified to sit in the house and the High Court will so hold”.

“These were the comments of an arrogant Prime Minister who came perilously close to directing the High Court,” he told the ABC.

“I don’t think he understands that the separation of powers requires just that — a separation.

Source: Barnaby Joyce citizenship remarks by Malcolm Turnbull close to interfering with High Court: Labor – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)