Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shakka game da cancantar Dutton da za a zaɓa a majalisar ta fito ne bisa ga sashi na 44 ((v) na Tsarin Mulki na Ostiraliya, kamar yadda dangin dangin Dutton ya mallaki cibiyar kula da yara wanda ya karbi fiye da dala miliyan 5.6 a cikin kudade daga Gwamnatin Commonwealth, a cikin wani yanayi mai kama da batun Bob Day. Kodayake Dutton ya sami shawara na doka wanda ya bayyana cewa bai keta sashi na 44 ba ((v), Labor ya sami shawara akasin haka; a kan bukatar Turnbull, Babban Lauyan ya tura batun ga Babban Lauyan. A ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, Kungiyar kwadago ta yi kokarin gabatar da wani yunkuri don tura Dutton cancantar zama dan majalisa a Kotun Koli, a irin wannan hanyar da aka yi a lokacin
rikicin 'yan kasa na majalisar kwanan nan. An yi watsi da kudirin da kuri'u 69 zuwa 68. A ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, Babban Lauyan ya ba da shawara cewa bisa ga sashi na 44 ((v) Dutton "ba shi da ikon" zama a matsayin MP, kodayake ya kara da cewa an ba shi iyakantaccen bayanin gaskiya kuma saboda bambancin ra'ayi na shari'a a cikin hukunce-hukuncen da Kotun Koli ta yanke a baya game da sashi na 44 ((v), matsayin Dutton na shari'a ba zai iya zama cikakke ba tare da an tura shi zuwa Kotun Koli.