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| Australian deputy PM reveals he may be New Zealand citizen | Australian deputy PM reveals he may be New Zealand citizen |
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| Australia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has revealed that he may hold dual citizenship with New Zealand. | Australia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has revealed that he may hold dual citizenship with New Zealand. |
| Holding public office as a dual citizen is not allowed under Australia's constitution. | Holding public office as a dual citizen is not allowed under Australia's constitution. |
| Mr Joyce says he will ask the nation's High Court to rule on the matter, after receiving legal advice that he is not in breach of rules. | |
| He will remain as deputy prime minister in the meantime at the request of PM Malcolm Turnbull. | |
| Mr Joyce is the latest of several Australian politicians to be caught up in dual citizenship scandals. | |
| Two senators, Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters, were forced to resign last month over their citizenship status. | |
| Speaking in parliament, Mr Joyce said he was "shocked" to be contacted by the New Zealand High Commission last week and informed he could be a citizen by descent. | |
| The politician's father was born in New Zealand. | |
| "Neither I, nor my parents have ever had any reason to believe I may be a citizen of another country," he said. |