Justin Gleeson, for Tony Windsor, argues citizenship status conveys foreign allegiance, creating the constitutional conflict. #auspol
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Enter the pinch-hitter for the second afternoon session of the #Citizenship7 three-day hearing at the High Court in Canberra. #auspolpic.twitter.com/JMcVjKMsro
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Gleeson disputes relevance of knowledge, voluntariness, close connection or the like in the dual citizenship tangle.
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Gleeson: Joyce could never have been said to take reasonable steps necessary to renounce NZ citizenship, which he could've done easily.
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Gleeson: people who want to stand for parliament should make appropriate inquiries and if elected, sit in parliament with undivided loyalty.
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Ron Merkel, subbed in for Gleeson, says the government's submission would represent a significant departure in how section 44's interpreted.
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"There is simply no scope for importing a knowledge requirement or a knowledge criteria," Merkel tells High Court in
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Merkel wraps up by arguing Barnaby Joyce's election should be declared void because he was ineligible to stand for parliament.
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We’re now on to the amicus curiae - or friend of the court - Geoffrey Kennett SC.
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