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Flat White

Citizenship questions or entitlement mentality?

13 November 2017

8:13 PM

13 November 2017

8:13 PM

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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