A Mr Informal of West Hobart has lodged a writ in the High Court seeking that Graeme Campbell, the Labor Member for Kalgoorlie, be disqualified from the House of Representatives.
Mr Informal asserts that Mr Campbell is a British citizen who has publicly announced he will not renounce it and as a result Mr Campbell is under “”acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power” in breach of Section 44 of the Constitution.
On November 25, the High Court declared that Phil Cleary, who has been putatively elected as the Member for Wills was ineligible to sit in the House of Representatives because he held an office of profit under the Crown contrary to Section 44 and that two of Mr Cleary’s opponents were disqualified because they were under acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power (Greece and Switzerland).
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