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Fairfax Media says he may be a British citizen, courtesy of his English-born father

Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton Source: Getty

Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan is denying media reports he may be the next federal parliamentarian ineligible to sit in the parliament due to dual citizenship. Fairfax Media says he may be a British citizen, courtesy of his English-born father. But Mr Keenan has tweeted he renounced his British citizenship before entering federal parliament in 2004, and says the story is a cheap grab for a headline



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