“My right to remain in parliament depends on my belief that I am solely Australian,” Alexander told reporters in Sydney. The loss of Alexander means the government no longer has a majority in its own right in the House of Representatives. Shortly after Alexander clarified his status, the prime minister spoke to the media in Da Nang, Vietnam, and ratcheted up pressure on Labor MPs currently facing questions to clarify their status. “They are meant to be the government, but they are not governing, they are just lurching from crisis to crisis,” Burke said. But Marino told Guardian Australia that the High Court found that in order to be an Italian citizen registration is required.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2017 01:32 UTC