How the Australian Constitution, and its custodians, ended up so wrong on dual citizenship
- Written by Hal Colebatch, Visiting Professorial Fellow, UNSW
Members of the Australasian Federation Conference, 1890.Parliamentary Education Office
For those who take only an ordinary interest in politics, the drama over citizenship and eligibility to be a member of parliament has been puzzling. Surely these people looked at the rule book, the Australian Constitution, before deciding to stand for...