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Well, I have to eat my words. Following some toots on party leaders elections and hopeful PM, I stated that having a PM in the Upper House isn’t Constitutional. As it turns out, I was wrong.

Section 64 of the Commonwealth Constitution allows a PM to be selected from either Houses of Parliament. It is solely a matter of convention and practicality that a PM normally sites in the Lower House of Parliament. Though this has not always been the case either at the Federal or State Parliaments.

(Source: https://theconversation.com/the-new-leader-of-the-greens-sits-in-the-senate-why-is-that-so-unusual-in-australian-politics-256578 )

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