President Malcolm Turnbul government lost a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives as the culmination of a chaotic and bitterly contested day where it elevated its dual citizenship crisis into a full blown trans-Tasman diplomatic incident.
Repost says, the lost vote in the House today meant Labor amended environmental legislation to include a criticism that the Coalition was failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef, a procedural embarrassment that followed a day of rolling controversy about the deputy prime minister’s dual citizenship of New Zealand.
As well the challenge posed by Barnaby Joyce this week referring himself to the high court, a move that could imperil the government’s slender one seat majority in the lower house.
Meanwhile, Labor is continuing to raise questions about the citizenship status of two other government Members of Parliment, Julia Banks and Anne Sudmalis.
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