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| Labor's David Feeney tipped to resign, triggering byelection | Labor's David Feeney tipped to resign, triggering byelection |
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| MP for marginal seat of Batman was referred to high court in December over citizenship | MP for marginal seat of Batman was referred to high court in December over citizenship |
| Katharine Murphy Political editor | Katharine Murphy Political editor |
| Thu 1 Feb 2018 00.24 GMT | Thu 1 Feb 2018 00.24 GMT |
| Last modified on Thu 1 Feb 2018 03.22 GMT | |
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| Labor’s David Feeney is set to resign from federal politics, according to party sources, triggering a byelection in the seat of Batman, which the ALP fears it could lose to the Greens. | Labor’s David Feeney is set to resign from federal politics, according to party sources, triggering a byelection in the seat of Batman, which the ALP fears it could lose to the Greens. |
| Feeney became embroiled in the dual citizenship fiasco after failing to locate paperwork confirming his citizenship status and his eligibility to sit in the parliament. | Feeney became embroiled in the dual citizenship fiasco after failing to locate paperwork confirming his citizenship status and his eligibility to sit in the parliament. |
| The Labor MP was referred to the court by federal parliament in December after being unable to produce documents confirming he had renounced any foreign citizenship in 2007. | The Labor MP was referred to the court by federal parliament in December after being unable to produce documents confirming he had renounced any foreign citizenship in 2007. |
| At a preliminary hearing in the high court in January, Feeney’s legal team confirmed he was still unable to produce any documentary evidence from British or Irish authorities that he took steps to renounce his citizenship and entitlements. | At a preliminary hearing in the high court in January, Feeney’s legal team confirmed he was still unable to produce any documentary evidence from British or Irish authorities that he took steps to renounce his citizenship and entitlements. |
| Labor sources have told Guardian Australia the likely candidate to replace Feeney in the seat is the Australian Council of Trade Unions president Ged Kearney, who was looking at a state seat but has been prevailed upon to run federally. | Labor sources have told Guardian Australia the likely candidate to replace Feeney in the seat is the Australian Council of Trade Unions president Ged Kearney, who was looking at a state seat but has been prevailed upon to run federally. |
| The federal seat of Batman is in the same geographical area as the Victorian state seat of Northcote, which the Greens snatched from the Victorian Labor government in late November in a byelection. | The federal seat of Batman is in the same geographical area as the Victorian state seat of Northcote, which the Greens snatched from the Victorian Labor government in late November in a byelection. |
| Federally, the Greens fancy their chances of taking Batman from Labor, and Labor insiders concede privately that outcome is entirely possible. | Federally, the Greens fancy their chances of taking Batman from Labor, and Labor insiders concede privately that outcome is entirely possible. |
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