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    Western Australian Liberal senator Ben Small resigns over dual citizenship | Australian citizenship

    James MartinBy James MartinApril 15, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Western Australian Liberal senator Ben Small has been forced to resign due to his New Zealand heritage, the latest victim of the section 44 constitutional requirements, but has pledged to stand again at the looming election.

    Small released a statement on Friday saying he had written to the Senate president to advise him he was resigning as a senator for WA.

    “My resignation is the result of me becoming aware that I was, until recently, a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand,” he said.

    “I was born in Perth in 1988 and have always been an Australian Citizen. At the time of my birth, my mother was an Australian Citizen and my father, who was born in New Zealand, was an Australian Permanent Resident.

    “I had always understood that I had no entitlement to New Zealand citizenship based on the laws that applied at the time of my birth.”

    Section 44 of the constitution governs who is eligible for election to parliament, and has caused a spate of resignations in recent years, due to a requirement that MPs are not subjects or citizens of foreign powers.

    Small said he only discovered the dual citizenship last week, as he prepared for the federal election. He said party officials had asked him whether he was entitled to New Zealand citizenship as part of their internal election preparations.

    “Within 24 hours I took steps to engage with the New Zealand High Commission to clarify my status and, if necessary, to renounce any eligibility or right to New Zealand citizenship that I might have,” he said.

    Small said he had received confirmation on Thursday from the New Zealand High Commission that he was no longer a citizen.

    He said that allowed him to run for his WA Senate spot again, “now that any questions around my eligibility have been resolved”.

    “I look forward to continuing to campaign across WA as a candidate for the Senate and to ensuring the Morrison Government can continue to implement our plans for an even stronger Australia,” he said.



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