Barnaby Joyce knew his father was born in New Zealand but wasn't aware until recently he had been a citizen and renounced it nearly 40 years ago, the High Court has heard. He came to Australia as a British subject but acquired New Zealand citizenship when it became law in 1949. "The evidence is that Mr Joyce never knew that his father was a New Zealand citizen," he told the court. Mr Donaghue said the constitution was never intended to target those kinds of people and that the relevant section should not be read literally. "The senator thought about it and decided he didn't want to be an Italian citizen and so he didn't fill out the form."

Source: Huffington Post October 10, 2017 05:03 UTC