1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Another twist in the Greens Tana saga. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 2: We are being careful about the statements that we are 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: making publicly. The best way to minimize all further harm 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: and any further collateral damage is for Darling Tanna to 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 2: take accountability and responsibility and to resign. 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: She's gone and applied for an interim injunction to stop 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: the party meeting this weekend, asn't the Green Party. University 8 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: of Battago lawd Professor Andrew gets with us on this morning. 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, good morning to you. 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: Make Just work me through a layman's view of this. 11 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: She isn't in a party. How can a person go 12 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: to court to ask somebody to do something that they're 13 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: not even a part of That doesn't seem to make 14 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: any sense to me. 15 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: Well, that'll be what they'll be trying to convince a 16 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 3: court acts even listen to. So she's resigned from the party, 17 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: but she's asking the court to tell the party they're 18 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,639 Speaker 3: not allowed to have a meeting where the party will 19 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 3: discuss whether or not she should be kicked out of parliament. 20 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 3: I could only assume she's going to ide something along 21 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 3: the lines or she says a right to natural justice 22 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 3: that she should be able to be heard at that meeting. 23 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: But that's a real stretch. I find it very high 24 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: to see how she's going to make that stand up. 25 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: Is this what you call in the lead Fraternity novel? 26 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 3: Yes, yep, yep, it's great. It's There have been cases 27 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 3: before where MPs have gone to court to try to 28 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 3: establish their cases in front of with regards to their party. 29 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 3: Winston Peters did it with a national party, but this 30 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 3: one where you're not even a party member and you're 31 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 3: challenging the party's actions. Never seen it before. 32 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: Also that we don't need a meeting to talk about 33 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: the Waker jumping law because that's a parliamentary thing, isn't it. 34 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. So the meeting in the weekend is basically 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 3: the Greens giving themselves political cover to say, hey, hey, hey, 36 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 3: the membership are happy for us to do this. It's 37 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 3: not actually a part of the legal process to get 38 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: it kicked out of parliament. So yeah, she's trying to 39 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: stop it because without the meeting, the Greens don't have 40 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: that political cover. It'll be hard for them to practically 41 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 3: use the law. But in terms of actual legal steps 42 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 3: it's not necessary. 43 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: Could she if she can get to court about a meeting. 44 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: Can she get to court about a parliamentary move even 45 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: when that waker jumping law is invote. 46 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 3: That will be trickier for her because the actual parliamentary 47 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 3: side of it, at the giving of a notice to 48 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: the Speaker to actually trigger the law. Because that occurs 49 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 3: within parliament, it may well be covered by parliamentary privilege, 50 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 3: so the courts might actually be blocked from looking at that. 51 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: This might be her attempt to get something in front 52 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 3: of the court before it gets into the parliamentary realm. 53 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: Okay, her chances are what apart from zero? 54 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, we lawyer loyally types are always very reluctant 55 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 3: to say never, but I would say virtually never in 56 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 3: this case. I just can't see how she's going to 57 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 3: make this fly me neither. 58 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: All right, appreciate your expertise. 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