Section 44(i) of the Australian constitution states:
Any person who … is a subject or citizen … of a foreign power … shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator or a member of the House of Representatives.
The words have a clear, literal meaning: dual citizens cannot be chosen as a member of parliament.
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