Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 5 : 19-Jul-17

Federal MPs who were born overseas have moved to clarify that they are eligible to hold seats in Parliament after Greens senator Larissa Waters was forced to resign after discovering that she had dual citizenship. Waters was born in Canada but was not aware that she was a Canadian citizen. Greens senator Scott Ludlam also resigned recently after discovering that he still held New Zealand citizenship. The resignation of Waters and Ludlam means the Government needs the support of just nine non-Coalition senators to pass bills, but cross-benchers have cautioned against taking advantage of this.

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