President of the Senate announces resignation after being told he is British by UK authoritiesThe president of the Senate, Liberal Stephen Parry, has announced he will resign from parliament after being told by UK authorities that he holds British citizenship. Parry announced on Tuesday that he believed his father’s British birth may have put him in the same position as Coalition colleagues Fiona Nash and Barnaby Joyce, who were ousted from the parliament over their dual citizenship. Parry’s decisions as president of the Senate are not believed to be under examination. Traditionally, the position has belonged to a Liberal MP when the Coalition has been in government. Labor has compared the Turnbull government to a “soap opera” as it seeks to capitalise on the latest citizenship crisis.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 05:13 UTC