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"Give dual citizens a chance?"

It’s D-Day for the Citizenship Seven – the federal politicians embroiled in a dual citizenship saga - with the High Court handing down its decision on their eligibility on Friday.

Seven politicians of several caught up in the dual citizenship saga. Source: AAP, composite by Stephanie Preston

Should people with dual citizenship be allowed to run for a seat in Australia's federal parliament? Is it time to amend section 44 of the constitution to reflect multicultural Australia in the parliament? Dr Mahesh Bhandari from the Australian Labor party and Shree Napit from Liberal Friends of Nepal had this to say.



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