A Liberal MP has been forced to deny he is a dual citizen as the dual citizenship drama continues to play out in Canberra.
Assistant Immigration Minister Alex Hawke is to most recent parliamentarian to be embroiled in the saga, saying he isn't a Greek citizen despite his mother being born there.
The crisis continues as the two major parties are undertaking internal audits of all their MPs to ensure they are not dual citizens.
The Greens want a committee that can compel all senators to show they don't hold dual citizenship.
Meanwhile, Tony Abbott believes the ongoing dual citizenship "circus" must end but has stopped short of backing an audit of all members of federal parliament.
Other conservatives within the coalition government including Eric Abetz, Kevin Andrews and Andrew Broad are pushing for an audit, but Mr Abbott says it's up to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to decide on a resolution.
"Until this matter is resolved I think that it's going to be an ongoing circus and governments and countries can't afford to have an ongoing circus of this type," the former prime minister told Ray Hadley on 2GB radio on Monday.
"Every day it's someone else - it was Josh (Frydenberg) last week, now it's Alex Hawke, it'll probably be someone else tomorrow - that's why this matter does need to be resolved."
Daily Overview looks into the row.
