Parliamentary privilege – is it right?
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The fallout has continued today from Nick Xenophon’s use of parliamentary privilege to name a clergyman accused of rape.
Monsignor Ian Dempsey has flatly denied the claims against him, and the flamboyant Senator’s actions have been criticised by his political rivals as nothing more than a stunt. But what does it really mean to use parliamentary privilege, and was Xenophon within his rights to?
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