Australia’s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority and forced a by-election.
The Australian dollar fell a quarter of a US cent after the unexpected decision.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that he accepted the court’s ruling, even though it was “clearly not the outcome we were hoping for”. Turnbull did not name a new deputy leader during a short news conference in Canberra soon after the court’s ruling.
The Australian leader had been scheduled to travel to Israel on Saturday for a week-long visit but Sky Television reported he had decided to delay the trip indefinitely.
 

Australia’s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority and forced a by-election.
The Australian dollar fell a quarter of a US cent after the unexpected decision.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that he accepted the court’s ruling, even though it was “clearly not the outcome we were hoping for”. Turnbull did not name a new deputy leader during a short news conference in Canberra soon after the court’s ruling.
The Australian leader had been scheduled to travel to Israel on Saturday for a week-long visit but Sky Television reported he had decided to delay the trip indefinitely.