The High Court decision over dual citizenship, Coalition government, now holding just a one-seat majority

The High Court has handed down its decision on the fate of seven current and former parliamentarians, caught up in a scandal over dual citizenship. The crisis had threatened to topple the government and place a cloud over ministerial decisions. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts, and former Greens Senators Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam have been ruled ineligible to sit in parliament. The High Court judged Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Nationals Senator Matt Canavan are allowed to keep their positions. Barnaby Joyce, whose New Zealand citizenship by descent triggered a diplomatic and political war of words, says he wasn't surprised by the verdict.

Source: AAP