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Should Australians have to deny their other citizenships to enter federal politics?

Labor Senator Fatima Payman

Labor Senator Fatima Payman in the Senate chamber during the opening of the 47th Federal Parliament Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

A constitutional rule forcing Parliamentarians to give up their citizenship from any other nation has created chaos in previous parliaments, and been blamed for a lack of diversity in the chambers. Should it be abolished?



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