2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
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title:
2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
text:
Starting in July 2017, the eligibility of several members of the Parliament of Australia was questioned. Referred to by some as a "constitutional crisis", fifteen sitting politicians were ruled ineligible by the High Court of Australia or resigned pre-emptively. The situation arose from section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution, which prohibits parliamentarians from having allegiance to a foreign power, especially citizenship. On that basis, the High Court had previously held that dual citize
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Crisis over the eligibility of members of the Parliament of Australia over citizenship
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Australian_parliamentary_eligibility_crisis
date created:
2017-08-19T07:22:07Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:50:25Z
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