Paul,

Then you wouldn't mind Dinner Tally being referred to the high court as well? Would he then "courageously" resign?

BJ has committed no crime, and he has followed the law to the letter and referred himself to the high court precisely to avoid the considerable expense of a by election which he stands a superb chance of winning again. As per legal precedent until his status is confirmed he is entitled to all the privileges and duties as an MP.

Secondly, I don't recall you ever calling for Thomson to resign. If you go back in the records, I was calling for years for Thomson to be ousted because he was blatantly a crook. I was flogging Juliar for her disgraceful behaviour in firing her speaker to appoint Slipper who had just been deselected by the libs for rorting entitlements, then for giving a rabidly hypocritical speech on misogyny while defending probably the worst case of misogyny probably in the Parliament's history by Slipper.

Dear Shadow Minister,

Entitled to do something vs the honourable thing are two very different beasts and both are very much in evidence here.

The two Greens members did not force the ordinary tax payer to pay for a High Court decision, they accepted that their legitimacy as Senators had enough doubt that they took the honourable path. There are some who characterise their stance as 'not willing to face the court' but this is nonsense. And quite frankly I don't think raising Thompson was really worth it. He was in a league of his own.

Years ago I made a promise to myself never to put a Green first on a voting paper and I intend to stick to that undertaking. However given how Ludlam and Waters have conducted themselves in comparison to both the Nationals and One Nation on this issue I am certainly open to placing them higher than I might have otherwise.

"you just can't be a member of parliament and have dual citizen, it's black and white and the outcome is black and white and that's just the way it is"

Barnaby Joyce.

He and Fiona Nash need to heed these words and act appropriately.

Oh dear, we have another one, Fiona Nash, Barney's 2IC, she's a Pom, its an epidemic. Is the honorable member going to resign, or even step aside? No, she is simply going to ignore it, and say tut tut, S#$^t happens! Another one attempting to hide in the High Court.

And to think some on here claimed the "smart parties" vetted all potential candidates for any possible irregularities.

The words of Shadow Minister "The requirement not to have the citizenship of another country is well known and is made clear to prospective MPs." Referred to Scott Ludlum as Scott Numbnuts. Shadow will you now refer to Bonkers Barney and Fiona Fool etc. When it only concerned the Greens, the forums 'Usual Suspects' were wetting their pants with glee, Just read some of the over the top comments by SM and Leoj on the subject.

Shadow, what Turnball's should do, is refer his inept crappy government to the voters for a ruling, Don't want to do that, do we.

My friend, as I have asked before, how do you manage to get so much so wrong? Like The Bolt fiasco, where you claimed an arrest was imminent! That was weeks ago, and still no arrest.

SR,

Actually, the resignation of the two Greens does require a High Court decision to determine their succession, and I don't believe that either of these idiots would have resigned if they stood a snowball's chance in hell in the high court. And if you are worried about the costs of a High court decision, then you should applaud BJ's effort to avoid the vastly higher cost of a by election.

Also if you mean by "honour" the Greens' vapid gestures to virtue signal, then LW and SL have it spades. If this is what impresses you, then there is nothing that I can add.

Shadow, what are you suggesting, with elections so expensive we should leave Money Bags Malcolm, The Mad Monk, Barnyard and all their foreign imports in charge of the asylum? I DON'T THINK SO!