Seven of our Prime Ministers were born overseas.

http://www.moadoph.gov.au/blog/7-pms-who-migrated-to-australia/

Interesting, Is Mise; but, relevant? Abbott and Gillard clearly had no loyalty to a foreign power. What about the rest? Did they have dual citizenship other than British which wouldn't have mattered those days? Your reference doesn't really have anything to do with modern times and Sec 44, does it? And the reference is not concerned with citizenship issues.

Dear Paul,

Of course you use fresh cabbage leaves when making cabbage rolls.
My Gran taught me that. Your family get together sounds wonderful.
Events like these make for lasting memories. I still get a
lump in my throat when I recall all the beautiful family
holidays shared with my mum and my husband's family. I'm sure
that everyone has these meaningful events.

As for this Dual Citizenship business. It's a shame that its
become so politicised. I think that anyone before even thinking
of running for Parliament in the future should just simply
make sure that they have renounced any other claim to citizenship.
It's not that hard. And each party before accepting a candidate
should ensure that this is done. The Labor Party had declared
that they had done this with their members. Now, it seems that
they hadn't. Perhaps this will be a lesson to all up and
coming candidates in the future as to what they need to do.

"Perhaps this will be a lesson to all up and
coming candidates in the future as to what they need to do."

If they have the necessary brain power; what's the betting that these are not the last ones?

The Prime Minister has told ABC Radio that, with an election coming next year, hopeful candidates should get their act together and ensure that they are not a citizen of “somewhere else” before they nominate. At the same time, we are told that a parliamentary enquiry will recommend a referendum allowing politicians to be dual citizens! Don't the dimwits in Canberra talk to each other?

A referendum “allowing” dual citizens to be Australian politicians seems arrogantly presumptuous, particularly if the indignant reactions of readers to the SMH story are anything to go by. There is absolutely no reason to expect that Australians would agree to change the Constitution for a handful of backward people who haven't bothered to study the document that they think they are capable of upholding. It's not as though there are not plenty of of better people without loyalties to a foreign country waiting in line. A stand alone referendum would waste a $100 million we cannot spare; paired with an election, about $30 million. Given Australian's history of rejecting referenda, the elites would be stupid - and scorned - if they went ahead with such tripe, merely reinforcing the well-founded perception that they are remote from the rest of us.

Unfortunately, there is nothing to prevent some Australians from having five bob each way on citizenship; they just cannot be politicians under Australian law. Amen.

ttbn,

"Given Australian's history of rejecting referenda..."

Australia has no such history, every referendum that has been held in Australia has been a success.