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Victorian MP threatens cross-border High Court challenge

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As the Prime Minister warns states about constitutional problems with border closures, one MP is threatening to take two of them to court.

Professor Twomey said recent changes to border closures, such as South Australia denying entry to even its own citizens from Victoria and Queensland and

the Northern Territory applying measures based on COVID-19 hotspots, would likely strengthen their defences to any section 117 challenge, but not section 92.

 

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If Ali Cupper, the independent state MP for Mildura, does this NSW NEEDS TO LOCK DOWN the NSW - VIC border completely in response. This means no more border town residents allowed to move across the border at all. She might not get re-elected in the next Vic state election.

About time! Let's get these silly laws challenged

Why do the Victorian politicians want to go to WA so desperately that they'll go to the high Court? Is it really that bad down there?

oh i like this.

Hope she pays for it out of her own pocket not tax payer funded

Federalism is being sorely tested.

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