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Who should we elect to represent us? : Comments

By David Leyonhjelm, published 21/11/2017

What they had in mind was to avoid a situation where someone in the federal parliament owed allegiance to a country with which Australia had a significant conflict.

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Certainly not you.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 9:32:06 AM
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Yes David!

And hard to understand this current black letter (infallible) interpretation, in light of the unmistakable intention of the (now foreign) writers of our constitution!

And as written, never ever applicable to citizens of a country that shared our (now foreign) head of state!

And that black letter interpretation, as applied, a veritable can of worms, possibly able to bring down an elected government!

Perhaps we need a referendum to just restore the universally perceived, original intention of the original constitution!

Before the, I believe, conflicted and venerated, aged lawyers got a hold of it?

Moreover, supported by all sides of a bipartisan pragmatic parliament to ensure it's carried; and subsequent, politics free, passage!?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 9:38:44 AM
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A simpler solution would be to go back to Australian law not allowing dual-citizenships. I think that would also help make Australia more cohesive.
Posted by SilverInCanberra, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 9:57:42 AM
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SilverInCanberra,

Yes. Dual citizenship is absurd at all times
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 10:58:29 AM
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Whats the betting that this dual-citizen furphy-law will become so Parliamentary destabilising, that:

1. it leads to a Federal Election in the first 6 months of next year?

2. an Election that Labor wins?
Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 12:58:49 PM
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Rules are made to be broken, so a rule change for something straight forward like this is unnecessary.

What is required is a private enterprise approach. Like a migration facilitator; how easy by comparison, for an enterprise for profit, to research new nominees genealogy?

I don't see a problem here, outside of “too hard basket”
Posted by diver dan, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 1:06:19 PM
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