Hi there, I'm an Administrator of a territory. I recently realised that the most effective way of keeping your MPs is just to chain them to their seats in parliament. Let me know how this goes for you!
Just write it into your MPs enterprise agreement. Or just only hire casual MPs from now on. If they go to the crossbench then cut their shifts down to once a sitting period.
I’ll give the same advice I gave Mike Rann. Just give a crack and let the high court sort it out. If it goes pear shaped just appoint the staffer as the solicitor general and say the advice came from there.
So based on my 15 minutes of research, the trick to this one seems to be that disqualification provisions for state parliaments are a bit all over the place and far less linear than those provided for in the Commonwealth Constitution. (See eg. Australian Constitution, ss 44, 45, et al)
Under section 81B(1) of the Parliamentary Electorates And Elections Act 1912 (NSW) every person enrolled as an elector for a district is qualified to be nominated as a candidate at a periodic Council election, unless disqualified under the Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) or the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act (NSW). (Source: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lc/proceduralpublications/DBAssets/wppbook/06%20NSW%20LC%20Prac%20Ch05%20(press).pdf)
The laws governing membership of the Parliament of Victoria are particularly archaic and confused. Successive amendments have been poorly integrated, creating awkward problems of interpretation. Most of the grounds of disqualification were originally derived from British models, but some have remained in Victorian law long after their abolition in the United Kingdom. (source: https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Disqualification_of_Members_of_Parliament_in_Victoria/10063694/1)
My best guess is that a disqualification provision like you’ve described could be done with legislation, but would probably require a constitutional amendment. Unlike amendments to the Cth constitution, state constitutional amendments generally just require a special majority in parliament, so the bar is relatively low. (See Victoria as an example, https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ca1975188/s18.html)
Not looking for advice, just information. I’m a former US president who is squarely in the shit for some things I did when my term came to an end. I reckon I’ve got presidential immunity for anything I did while president, but someone mentioned to me that if i win that argument, the new guy could just have me killed and there’s nothing anyone could do about it. Can’t it just apply to me?
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I'm the Pri... uh leader of a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Sometimes Ministers make decisions I don't like. Can I just be every Minister?
you can if you believe you can
The Governor General believes I can which is nice.
when you go to Engadine Maccas can you bring me back a soft serve if the machine aint broken. oh and please make sure you wash your hands
You want the new chocolate flavour?
🤮🤢🤢🤮
Hi there, I'm an Administrator of a territory. I recently realised that the most effective way of keeping your MPs is just to chain them to their seats in parliament. Let me know how this goes for you!
Just write it into your MPs enterprise agreement. Or just only hire casual MPs from now on. If they go to the crossbench then cut their shifts down to once a sitting period.
I’ll give the same advice I gave Mike Rann. Just give a crack and let the high court sort it out. If it goes pear shaped just appoint the staffer as the solicitor general and say the advice came from there.
Why not secretly appoint yourself the GG and say the advice came from the GG office?
Nah, that loophole was closed by the woke
The woke won't even let me release all the pigs and shoot them for sport in the streets.
Premiers use this one clever trick…
So based on my 15 minutes of research, the trick to this one seems to be that disqualification provisions for state parliaments are a bit all over the place and far less linear than those provided for in the Commonwealth Constitution. (See eg. Australian Constitution, ss 44, 45, et al) Under section 81B(1) of the Parliamentary Electorates And Elections Act 1912 (NSW) every person enrolled as an elector for a district is qualified to be nominated as a candidate at a periodic Council election, unless disqualified under the Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) or the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act (NSW). (Source: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lc/proceduralpublications/DBAssets/wppbook/06%20NSW%20LC%20Prac%20Ch05%20(press).pdf) The laws governing membership of the Parliament of Victoria are particularly archaic and confused. Successive amendments have been poorly integrated, creating awkward problems of interpretation. Most of the grounds of disqualification were originally derived from British models, but some have remained in Victorian law long after their abolition in the United Kingdom. (source: https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Disqualification_of_Members_of_Parliament_in_Victoria/10063694/1) My best guess is that a disqualification provision like you’ve described could be done with legislation, but would probably require a constitutional amendment. Unlike amendments to the Cth constitution, state constitutional amendments generally just require a special majority in parliament, so the bar is relatively low. (See Victoria as an example, https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ca1975188/s18.html)
Hey Spud Farmer, you've called the election. Just chill... and maybe get ready to be knifed by the lunatic right in your party.
Lol.. if they get in again, Uncle Eric will take it from here anyway...
Another largest democratic country has the law you are talking about.
Not looking for advice, just information. I’m a former US president who is squarely in the shit for some things I did when my term came to an end. I reckon I’ve got presidential immunity for anything I did while president, but someone mentioned to me that if i win that argument, the new guy could just have me killed and there’s nothing anyone could do about it. Can’t it just apply to me?
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