There are more than 20 Australian federal MPs and senators who were born overseas.

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There are more than 20 federal MPs and senators who were born overseas. Some of them have clarified that they are not dual citizens.

Several foreign-born federal politicians have come out to clarify the validity of their election after Larissa Waters became the second Greens Senator to resign over holding dual citizenship.

The Greens co-deputy leader resigned on Tuesday after realising she has dual Australian-Canadian citizenship.

She joins colleague Scott Ludlam who resigned just days earlier after revealing he holds New Zealand citizenship.


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By Madhura Seneviratne

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