Editor's note

In the wake of government ministers Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash being ruled invalidly elected to parliament, the Labor Party says 20 executive decisions and 47 ministerial announcements made by Joyce could be open to challenge.

But as constitutional expert Anne Twomey explains, it's a complicated issue, made more so by the fact it hasn't arisen in precisely this form before.

Amanda Dunn

Section Editor: Politics + Society

Top story

Can decisions made by former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce while he was invalidly in parliament be challenged? AAP/Mick Tsikas

Three reasons why the decisions of Joyce and Nash may be difficult to challenge

Anne Twomey, University of Sydney

Laws passed by MPs while under a citizenship cloud are unlikely to be contested; decisions made by ministers after doubts about their dual citizenship was announced are more complicated matters.

Politics + Society

Cities

Science + Technology

Business + Economy

  • Business Briefing: questioning the economics of prison

    Jenni Henderson, The Conversation; Josh Nicholas, The Conversation

    Prisons are big business in Australia. Companies not only run entire prisons but provide many of the services. But what does the research say about the impact?

Arts + Culture

Health + Medicine

Education

Environment + Energy

FactCheck

Columnists

   
   
   
   
 

Featured jobs

Lecturer in Criminology (x 2)

Deakin University — Newtown, Victoria

Project Officer

University of Melbourne — Parkville, Victoria

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Education

James Cook University — Cairns City, Queensland

Program Coordinator, Nursing

RMIT University — Melbourne, Victoria

More Jobs
 
 
 
 
 
 

Featured events

Beyond Inclusion/Exclusion: Becomings at the Edges of Practice

Level 12, Tower 2, Collins Square, 727 Collins Street, Docklands, Victoria, 3008, Australia — Deakin University

Personhood, decision making and choice: Frameworks for upholding rights with people with disabilities

1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia — Deakin University

Sydney Ideas: Mathematical Heroes and Social Justice

Law School Foyer, Level 2, Sydney Law School, Eastern Avenue, the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney

The Future of Work in the Third Digital Revolution: What if Anyone Could Make (almost) Anything?

Level 7, 271 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia — Monash University

More events
 

Contact us here to list your job, or here to list your event.

For sponsorship opportunities, email us here