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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3636716" data-attributes="member: 92780">Interesting times!Federal Water Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce at the Centre of this whole Murray-Darling storm has been ruled ineligible to hold office in Parliament on account of being a citizen of another country (despite being born in Australia - crazy times! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> . He is now running in an upcoming By-election after fixing his citizenship issue to the satisfaction of the Constitution.   <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/politicsnow-high-court-citizenship-decision-amid-michaelia-cash-crisis/news-story/43976890dd9a6e186608d3f784406834" target="_blank">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/politicsnow-high-court-citizenship-decision-amid-michaelia-cash-crisis/news-story/43976890dd9a6e186608d3f784406834</a>The Water portfolio will temporarily be taken over by Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull - whose Liberal party has just lost its clear majority in Parliament. Senator Nick Xenophon who is pushing for a Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling and water scandals was also under a citizenship and eligibility cloud, but has been cleared by the High Court.  Ironically, he had already announced his resignation from Federal politics to run for Office in the South Australian State Legislature.Where does all of this leave the original Murray-Darling and water corruption allegations?  ....... who knows!  Stay tuned - hopefully the Federal Opposition will take up the issue even if only as a political football, though they have been pretty quiet since the story broke .....Chosun   :gh:</blockquote>

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