Every Australian senator will be forced to disclose their citizenship status by December 1 under legislation expected to be introduced in the Upper House today.
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne confirmed the deal on Monday, calling it a "good outcome".
Senators will have to provide proof they have renounced any foreign citizenships inherited from their parents, or point to the relevant laws that would prevent the citizenship flowing through descent.
They will be asked to provide the details of where and when their parents and grandparents were born.
"If there is a doubt ... a parent for example with the citizenship of another country, then they have to clear that doubt up by showing how they went about relinquishing that citizenship," Mr Pyne said.
Every Australian senator will be forced to disclose their citizenship status by December 1 under legislation expected to be introduced in the Upper House today.
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne confirmed the deal on Monday, calling it a "good outcome".
Senators will have to provide proof they have renounced any foreign citizenships inherited from their parents, or point to the relevant laws that would prevent the citizenship flowing through descent.
They will be asked to provide the details of where and when their parents and grandparents were born.
"If there is a doubt ... a parent for example with the citizenship of another country, then they have to clear that doubt up by showing how they went about relinquishing that citizenship," Mr Pyne said.
