Justice Patrick Keane says One Nation senator was a UK citizen at the time of his nominationThe high court has ruled One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts was a dual British and Australian citizen for six months after he was elected. Roberts’ barrister, Robert Newlinds, accepted that Roberts remained a British citizen when he lodged his Senate nomination form on 8 June last year. The court heard expert evidence that Roberts, before becoming an Australian citizen in 1974, had Indian citizenship by birth and British citizenship by descent. After no response to his first email, Roberts emailed those addresses again on 6 June, and another apparently flawed one, australia.enquiries@fco.gov.ukSydney. Keane found that the Home Office reply stated 5 December was the date Roberts ceased to be a UK citizen.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2017 07:52 UTC