Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has been disqualified from serving in parliament after a high court ruling found him ineligible due to his dual citizenship. (Reuters)Australia’s conservative coalition government was thrown into turmoil on Friday after the country’s high court ruled that five politicians, including the deputy prime minister and four other senators, had been disqualified from office. The decision could bring down Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ruling coalition, which so far has relied on a slim majority of only one seat. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was born in Australia, but automatically held New Zealand citizenship because his father was born there. As deputy prime minister, it was Joyce’s extra citizenship that hit the ruling coalition hardest.

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2017 12:02 UTC