Talk:Hugh Mahon

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 * Gave Mid rating due to being the only MP expelled from Federal Parliament. Orderinchaos 11:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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Conjecture - the limits of the power to legislate
The article contains the following statement:

"Mahon is, and is likely to remain, the only MP ever to be expelled from the Federal Parliament, since, under Section 8 of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987,"

This is conjecture. As it was an Act of Parliament to limit its own ability to act, the parliament could repeal that law and then have the power again to expel members!

Parliament is not bound to keep legislation forever that it has enacted.

Montalban (talk) 21:13, 18 March 2019 (UTC)