Government pushes High Court to hear citizenship saga within four weeks

By James Massola, Amy Remeikis
Updated August 22 2017 - 5:02pm, first published 4:31pm
Attorney-General George Brandis has urged the High Court to see to the citizenship saga as quickly as possible  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Attorney-General George Brandis has urged the High Court to see to the citizenship saga as quickly as possible Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The Turnbull government has asked the High Court to swiftly deal with the question of whether a slew of MPs and senators were validly elected, urging the case be heard in September rather than October.

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