Another one bites the dust: 3rd Australian dual-citizen, a cabinet minister, resigns from Cabinet

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[quote=ABC News]Matt Canavan has quit Cabinet amid citizenship doubts surrounding his mother's Italian ancestry.

Senator Canavan was the minister for resources and Northern Australia.

His resignation will force Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to reshuffle his frontbench and may prompt a recount of the Queensland Senate vote.

It comes just weeks after two Greens senators, Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam, resigned from federal Parliament due to their own dual citizenship.[/quote]

Read more at [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/matt-canavan-citizenship-crisis-resigns-from-cabinet/8742702[/url]

[quote=MSN News]Turnbull government cabinet minister Matthew Canavan looks to have been caught out as the third member of Parliament to hold dual citizenship, potentially disqualifying him from the Senate.

Senator Canavan will address media shortly alongside Attorney-General George Brandis.

It's understood that Senator Canavan will stand aside while legal issues relating to his Italian citizenship are resolved.[/quote]

Read more at [url]http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/resources-minister-matt-canavan-resigns-from-cabinet-following-doubts-over-dual-citizenship/ar-AAoNOcs?li=AAgfYrC[/url]

[b]Edit: Error in thread title[/b]. He resigned from only the cabinet; not from parliament. If a mod could fix that error, that would be splendid. Apologies.

[Xonax]

Why did no one care when Tony was PM?
He has dual citizenship with the UK.

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[QUOTE=Xonax;52504469]Why did no one care when Tony was PM?
He has dual citizenship with the UK.[/QUOTE]

No. He renounced his UK citizenship back in 1993 [url]https://mobile.twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/status/885752007520157696[/url]

[LAMB SAUCE]

these guys are fucking idiots. ineptitude on a colossal scale

[Xonax]

[QUOTE=BF;52504473]No. He renounced his UK citizenship back in 1993 [url]https://mobile.twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/status/885752007520157696[/url][/QUOTE]

Oh, my bad.

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[QUOTE]Canavan says his mother told him of his Italian citizenship last week[/QUOTE]

How unfortunate

[Araknid]

You'd think these people would double check before going into fucking parliament
jesus christ

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[QUOTE=Araknid;52504697]You'd think these people would double check before going into fucking parliament
jesus christ[/QUOTE]

Apparently he's not Italian by birth and instead his mother registered him for citizenship on the basis of her citizenship without his knowledge or consent.

[Flyingman356]

weird how it's been senators every time

can we get a coalition MP in a marginal seat next please?