Morrison and Perrottet fail in bid to have high court resolve NSW preselection crisis

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Labor targets attorney general for engaging top lawyer at taxpayer expense for ‘NSW Liberal party factional war’

In question time Paul Fletcher, representing the attorney general, answered that the government had followed “protocols” and the case involved “important constitutional questions”.

This included a constitutional dimension of whether it is within courts’ power to make declarations about whether candidates are validly preselected, he argued. Camenzuli’s counsel, Scott Robertson, found an ingenious solution: the high court could agree to take the case, but then immediately remit it back to the NSW court of appeal for determination exercising federal jurisdiction.

“You’re not scaring me,” chief justice Kiefel replied drily. “Urgency is a matter we deal with all the time. And you shouldn’t assume special leave would be granted.”Chief justice Kiefel sided with Camenzuli, ruling the case should be removed to the high court then remitted back to the NSW court of appeal for reasons of “urgency, efficiency and utility”.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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schaden freude ,im so guilty ,im guessing they are fighting to lose the election ,whod want to deal with the mess they have gotten themselves into ,let the alp have it and the lnp can have an easy ride on the opposition benches im thinking they are thinking

Just have a look at these parasites pretending to represent us,they are fighting over us like dogs fighting over a bone,and that's a very good analogy.

Glad to hear it. They are both religious wing nuts manipulating the pre selection process for their own benefit.

This made my afternoon. What a pair of arseclowns.

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