Australian High Court Bars 5 Lawmakers Over Citizenship
To a mix of both broad amusement and dismay, six other politicians — Senators Matt Canavan of the Liberal National Party, Malcolm Roberts of the One Nation party, Fiona Nash of the Nationals, Nick Xenophon of the Nick Xenophon Team, Larissa Waters of the Australian Greens party
and Mr. Joyce, the deputy prime minister — were found to have citizenship of other countries.
Turnbull said that The decision of the court today is clearly not the outcome we were hoping for,
26, 2017
SYDNEY, Australia — After months of uncertainty, Australia’s High Court declared Friday
that five members of Parliament who have dual citizenship were ineligible to run for their seats, a ruling that threatens the government’s one-seat majority in the House of Representatives.
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"Sometimes even a safe government seat may even be at risk
because voters think, ‘Well, we’re going to send a message to the government in what we’re doing.’" While the government would lose its formal majority in the lower chamber if Mr. Joyce does not win the by-election, it still has a tiebreaking vote in the speaker of the House, Tony Smith, a Liberal ally of Mr. Turnbull.
Mr. Joyce said he had not known he could be a citizen of New Zealand through his father
until the local news media made inquiries to its Department of Internal Affairs.