“If an Australian citizen, who became a citizen of this country by reason of being born here, was to be ineligible to stand for Parliament because the law of a foreign country imposed foreign citizenship on them without their knowledge, due to their descent from a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, then, plainly, millions of Australians could be disqualified from standing for parliament,” Mr Turnbull said.
“Based on advice from the Solicitor-General, the government is very confident the court will not find that the member for New England is to be disqualified from the Parliament.”

The PM speaking in Parliament.

What a mess!! Labor is calling for him to stand aside but I think they ought to keep quiet, they have a lot of members with Irish grandparents.

Issy, of course the chief cow cocky has to go. The Australian Constitution allows for no exceptions. This conservative mob with their double standards trying to hide it in the High Court, wont wash with the Australian public. The hide of Turnballs to try and preempt the findings of the High Court. The born to rule mob think they have rights which do not apply to their political opponents. Barnyard has the affront to call himself the Honorable Member, nothing honorable about him.
The two Greens did the honorable thing, while three conservative skunks continue to sit in the parliament without any legitimacy.

Is that a mushroom talking, Paul1405?

"What goes on in NSW is not an exercise in democracy — it's an exercise in puppetry," Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim said.

"The puppeteers are a small cabal of people who are not directly elected by the members, who believe in top-down command and control.

"They treat their members like mushrooms — they keep them in the dark and they feed them on bull[expletive]."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-14/greens-in-turmoil-as-senior-figures-trade-insults/8800484

Maybe too many Psilocybe cubensis, 'gold top', mushrooms as well?

Leoj, trying to be your inflammatory self again. it don't wash with me, but do your best.

Nothing more ridiculous than one so ignorant as you prattling on about a subject you have absolutely no knowledge of what so ever. But it has never stopped you in the past. Have you ever noticed how those incoherent puerile anti Green diatribes you constantly put up never invoke a decent response from anyone. Does that tell you something. I hardy read your posts, and as a previously known virus spreader I don't open your links, as they may be more than useless, they could be dangerous to ones computer health. The solution could be to ask nursy to up your medication.

Paul1405,

You were luckier than the other mushrooms of the NSW Greens. You always got the good oil on OLO and well in advance. You should be thankful.

Paul1405,

It's not me. The NSW'Eastern Bloc'Greens is a rogue branch. The criticisms have been coming from the Greens leadership and nationally for years.

It is well past the hour for the Greens. And with that any fading hope of the Greens ever shedding the 'protest rabble' image and becoming a normal, responsible political party.

Why keep cutting the ground out from under Richard Di Natale when he is the only and final hope of the Greens surviving?