“We will definitely do it,” he told Sky News, referring to the government’s warning that it will work with crossbench MPs to refer Labor MPs to the high court. But Labor has countered by threatening to “go nuclear” and directly target five government MPs - Julia Banks, Nola Marino, Alex Hawke, Tony Pasin and Ann Sudmalis - if the Coalition refers any Labor MPs to the high court. “The advice I have is it has been dealt with by the high court in the Canavan case and the advice that was considered there,” he said. “The high court considered Italian citizenship by descent, not citizenship by marriage and a number of experts have stated that citizenship by marriage is automatic. “If this is his really his only defence, then this case needs to be referred to the high court,” she said.

Source: The Guardian November 12, 2017 02:13 UTC