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- crisis over the eligibility of members of the Parliament of Australia over citizenship (en)
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- John Alexander (en)
- Scott Ludlam (en)
- Fiona Nash (en)
- Bob Day (en)
- Larissa Waters (en)
- Stephen Parry (en)
- Lucy Gichuhi (en)
- Barnaby Joyce (en)
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- 0001-07-07 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 2018-08-21 (xsd:date)
- 2019-05-18 (xsd:date)
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- Liberal Party parliamentarians Stephen Parry and John Alexander both held British citizenship by descent from their fathers, and resigned in November 2017. (en)
- Both the leader and the deputy leader of the Nationals, MP Barnaby Joyce and Senator Fiona Nash , have been involved in the crisis after discovering they hold dual citizenship. (en)
- Former Senator Bob Day and his replacement Lucy Gichuhi , who faced citizenship questions based on her Kenyan background. The High Court found that she was not a dual citizen and was free to take her seat in the Senate. (en)
- Scott Ludlam's resignation from parliament and subsequent investigation sparked similar discoveries for many fellow elected parliamentarians, including fellow Senator Larissa Waters . (en)
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- Larissa Waters infobox crop.png (en)
- Scott Ludlam infobox crop.png (en)
- Stephen_Parry_crop 2.jpg (en)
- Barnaby Joyce Portrait 2010.jpg (en)
- Bob_Day_2014.jpg (en)
- Fiona Nash Portrait 2010.jpg (en)
- John_Alexander cropped.jpg (en)
- Lucy_Gichuhi.jpg (en)
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- *Eight senators and seven lower house MPs stepped down, either by resignation or High Court ruling.
**Turnbull government briefly lost lower house majority in late 2017.
*Countbacks held to replace senators.
**Three minor parties lost one senator each as replacements became independents.
*By-elections held for lower house MPs.
**All members re-contested and returned to their seats, except in Batman. (en)
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- See [[#Overview of changes (en)
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- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (en)
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- 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis (en)
- أزمة أهلية البرلمان الأسترالي 2017 (ar)
- オーストラリア政治家二重国籍問題 (ja)
- Crisis over dubbele nationaliteit Australische parlementariërs (nl)
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