End of the day for me - and what a day it was. What happened?

the High Court found five of the citizenship seven MPs were ineligible to be in Parliament ;

; the five are Barnaby Joyce, Fiona Nash, Malcolm Roberts, Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam ;

are and ; the two declared safe are Matt Canavan and Nick Xenophon ;

are and ; a byelection will be held in Mr Joyce's seat of New England on December 2 ;

will be held in on ; this means the Turnbull government has lost its one seat majority on the floor of the House of Representatives;

on the floor of the House of Representatives; but it has the support of independent MP Cathy McGowan and Speaker Tony Smith has a casting vote when there is a tie;

and Speaker Tony Smith has a casting vote when there is a tie; Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is disappointed by the court's decision but the business of government will continue;

says he is disappointed by the court's decision but the business of government will continue; but the opposition says Australia now has a minority government because Barnaby Joyce broke the law.

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Andrew, Alex Ellinghausen and I will be back on November 15 to bring you the result of the same-sex marriage postal survey. Until then - go well.