Red-faced Greens senators scrambling to prove their citizenship

Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 20-Jul-17

The eligibility of Australian Greens MPs to hold public office continues to attract scrutiny after Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters were forced to resign from Parliament due to their dual citizenship status. A Greens spokeswoman has indicated that party leader Richard Di Natale and Senator Nick McKim are in the process of obtaining documents to prove that they relinquished their citizenship of Italy and the UK respectively prior to being elected to Parliament.

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