11-12-2017, 11:30 AM
Bratblue - State politicians aren't covered by this, it is only Federal.
While everything should have been checked and crossed off, some of dual citizenships seem quite obscure. It will be interesting to see what becomes of those who have citizenship of a country which can't be renounced (there are a few, can't recall them).
I have some (very limited) sympathy for a couple of the obscure ones - I wonder what would happen if a detailed check was made over the last 30 years, how many invalidly elected parliamentarians there have been.
This is proving why politicians are regarded as they are - it would be easy to get someone to check each pollie's background to determine if they are in the clear or doubtful and to refer doubtful ones. How is it there two more were "outed" over the last week when they knew what was going on? How is it that there seems to be genuine queries over a few more.
Not hard. Sort it out.
Having an election would probably be the worst thing possible, as no one would vote for the big parties. This would increase the loonies even further....
While everything should have been checked and crossed off, some of dual citizenships seem quite obscure. It will be interesting to see what becomes of those who have citizenship of a country which can't be renounced (there are a few, can't recall them).
I have some (very limited) sympathy for a couple of the obscure ones - I wonder what would happen if a detailed check was made over the last 30 years, how many invalidly elected parliamentarians there have been.
This is proving why politicians are regarded as they are - it would be easy to get someone to check each pollie's background to determine if they are in the clear or doubtful and to refer doubtful ones. How is it there two more were "outed" over the last week when they knew what was going on? How is it that there seems to be genuine queries over a few more.
Not hard. Sort it out.
Having an election would probably be the worst thing possible, as no one would vote for the big parties. This would increase the loonies even further....