Published: November 29, 2018
Crossbencher insists that three other MPs should be subject to section 44 scrutiny
The potential referral of Peter Dutton to the high court is in doubt after Andrew Wilkie insisted MPs facing similar constitutional questions should be referred together and Kerryn Phelps reserved her position.
Although Wilkie and other crossbench MPs deflected government threats to send Phelps to the high court, the insistence that a group of three Labor and Coalition MPs be referred lessens the chances that the home affairs minister will be sent to test if he has a financial conflict of interest.
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