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Australian court disqualifies deputy PM for dual citizenship

October 29 , 2017 2616 days 1065 0
  • Australia’s High Court disqualified deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and four senators from sitting in Parliament for holding dual citizenship.
  • The Australian constitution bans dual nationals from Parliament, a prohibition that critics have condemned as outdated in a country where almost half the people are immigrants or have an overseas-born parent.

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