Published: August 22, 2018
Liberal leadership challenger’s interests in childcare centres could be in breach of section 44, leading barrister says
It is clearly arguable that Peter Dutton is ineligible to sit in parliament due to his business interests in childcare centres, which may breach the constitution, according to legal advice obtained by Labor.
Labor has written to the attorney general with advice by barrister Bret Walker SC that it is at least “clearly arguable” Dutton is ineligible because he may have an “indirect pecuniary interest” in an agreement with the commonwealth, in a dramatic escalation of its strategy to target the Liberal leadership aspirant.
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