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Australia - Divisive Debates Come to A Boil

Jordan Heng

24-Aug-17 08:35

Australia - Divisive Debates Come to A Boil

The Australian High Court begins hearings today on whether elected parliamentary representatives identified as holding dual-citizenship can keep their jobs. This follows recent revelations that several members of parliament - including Cabinet ministers - held dual-citizenship when they were elected. Its causing a massive headache for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government as his Liberal Party and its coalition partners have only a thin-majority in Parliament. Together with the burkah-wearing stunt of Pauline Hanson as well as the rancour of the same-sex marriage plebiscite, we ask if politics Down Under is getting more divisive?


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Tags:  Jordan Heng,  dual citizenship,  Australian High Court,  Malcolm Turnbull,  Australian Parliament,  Pauline Hanson,  same-sex marriage


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