Dear Is Mise,

I'm not sure what you're on about concerning some
petition run by Change Org. A for profit American
certified corporation.

Scott Ludlum has resigned from Parliament.
Whether he has to pay back anything will I imagine
be decided by the courts. As will the case of Senator
Larissa Waters. The case of Senator Matt Canavan might
also be examined, and who knows who else might yet appear
out of the woodwork so to speak.

Paul1405,

Matt Canavan is going to be putting his case before a court. He should be accorded the rights and courtesies that go with that. Time later to discuss the decisions and summary.

You don't have to shoulder the full load of acting the ass, the Jackass, all of the time, where there might be the odd Jenny to bray along with you.

Is The Remarkable Mr Canavan being entirely truthful with the Australian public? Seem Mr Canavan has been receiving Italian voting papers from the Registry of Italians Residing Abroad for the past 10 years. Is this court action simply a diversionary smoke screen?
The Constitution makes it very clear that people holding dual citizenship are ineligible to stand as representatives in the federal parliament.

Maybe an audit of all MP's to determine their bona fide's could be necessary.

Come off it leoj, your rants are motivated by your hatred of The Greens, not expecting a Coalition member to get trapped, you are now ducking and weaving. An independent audit might uncover more than these three, Eric Abetz for one, might find himself in the firing line as well.

Paul,

"Maybe an audit of all MP's to determine their bona fide's could be necessary."

That'd be the fair thing to do and mighty interesting.

Foxy,

The country of origin of Change Org has nothing to do with it; it's Ludlam's knowledge of the petition that is the point; as I knew of it then I don't see how the Greens didn't know of it, so if they knew and didn't tell him then he was shafted by Greens, if he did know then at the very least he's a dill.

Another development on the "mum done it" story. Ask yourself why would a person born in Australia, suddenly want to apply for Italian citizenship? Seems rather strange at first glance, until you look into the Italian pension and allowances claimable by Italian citizens living abroad, payments that can be made on top of an Australian pension.

From Centrelink " People living in Australia can lodge claims for Italian and Australian pensions with any Centrelink Customer Service Centre. Centrelink will supply all the necessary claim forms."

Paul,

Add to that the convenience of having a European passport, I know because I have an Irish passport and in Europe, I'm a local.
I go to the UK on my Australian one but travel in Europe as an Irish citizen; makes life easy (I have no intention of standing for Office in Australia!!).