The alleged Islamic State ‘terrorist’ was deprived of her citizenship under a now-abandoned automatic process, without any Australian official evaluating her case.
Jack Letts: no longer a British citizen.
'Jihadi Jack' makes appeal to come home via SkyNews on YouTube
Problems with section 44 of the Constitution have absorbed a great deal of time, money and energy over the past year – it’s time all politicians worked towards genuine reform.
It has been widely assumed that any dual citizenship problems are confined to the federal parliament. But that may need a rethink.
Shutterstock
Liberal backbench senator Dean Smith will challenge on Saturday his party’s decision not to field a candidate in the byelection for the federal seat of Perth.
The dual citizenship saga that has rocked the parliament in recent months is unlikely to end any time soon.
Shutterstock
A report into the dual citizenship saga provides a number of practical recommendations to improve compliance with section 44 of the Constitution, but also confirms there is no easy fix.
According to the committee more than half of all Australians would have to reorder some aspect of their affairs if they wanted to nominate for parliament.
Flickr
Ahead, the choice is between a patch-up or a proper solution. The patch up is inevitable in the short term but is a cop-out as a long-term answer.
Rebekha Sharkie’s seat of Mayo is the most likely to change hands at the byelection, after she resigned in the light of the dual citizenship saga.
AAP/Lukas Coch
While Labor is likely to win all four of the upcoming byelections in seats it holds, Rebekha Sharkie faces a tougher fight in the South Australian seat of Mayo.
Gallagher was ineligible to sit because she had not completed the renunciation of her dual British citizenship when she nominated for the 2016 election.
Lukas Coch/AAP
The decision has reignited the citizenship crisis and transformed the political landscape.
Senator Katy Gallagher knew she was a British citizen at the last election, but maintains she took “all reasonable steps” to renounce it.
AAP/Lukas Coch
Today’s High Court decision on whether Labor Senator Katy Gallagher is eligible to hold her seat will have significant implications for the whole parliament.
New senators Tim Storer and Steve Martin boosted the prospects for the government’s tax cuts for big business.
Lukas Coch/AAP
Congress changed the tax system to benefit companies with overseas operations but failed to help Americans actually living abroad, who still face punitive taxation.
Steve Martin has been sworn in to take Jacqui Lambie’s place as a Tasmanian senator.
AAP/Mick Tsikas