but at least they can return to the biggest green wilderness that all Greens come from.

its between their ears.

Some interesting info about ‘the pandora’s box of Section 44 of the Constitution’ from Antony Green

… including Are Pensioners Disqualified from Running for the Australian Parliament.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/07/are-pensioners-disqualified-from-running-for-the-australian-parliament.html

No the law shouldn't be changed. Committment to Australia and Australia alone absolutely MUST remain a requirement for anyone who wants to represent other Australians.

Blaming a '70 year old Canadian law' is NO EXCUSE. And I hope both ex-Senators have to repay the full amount they have drawn from the taxpayer.

2 less loonies in parliament 

Great outcome for the  people 

Ludlam, who was elected in 2007, is estimated to have earned $1.6 million during his time in Parliament.  Larissa Waters, who won a Queensland Senate spot in 2011, is estimated to have earned $1.2 million before stepping down on Tuesday.

Plus all the travel allowances and other benefits

And for what - doing sweet f.a.

Money stolen from the taxpayer

Having had six prime ministers born in the UK and one in Chile we know birth is not a requirement for that office. In my opinion Article 44(i) of the Constitution is completely out dated and really has no place in Australia. It makes no sense to deny people who have international links to run for office; this is not only unreasonable but a tad short sighted seeing we are in a globalised age.

To regard people who are dual citizens as unsuitable to represent this country is belittling. Scott Ludlam was born in New Zealand and Larissa Waters in Canada. Both of these countries are original members of the Commonwealth. Goodness, Commonwealth Freedom of Movement Organisation wants free movement between UK, Canada, NZ and Australia!!

What  about soldiers? They would appear to pose a greater “threat” than politicians, but, as far as I know, if you are from the UK, USA, Canada or NZ the chances of serving in the ADF while holding dual citizenship is very high. The ADF/Commonwealth government will not insist upon you renouncing your citizenship in order to join. I believe in the past the ADF has actually encouraged foreign nationals without Australian citizenship to join the ADF and become dual citizens of Australia. If this has changed, perhaps someone can correct me.

I might add, my ancestors came over to Australia on the convict ships, so no self interest is at play here. Added to that, I don’t care much for Waters or Ludlam or the Greens, but we have to be fair.

KSS - I really don't know why people need dual citizenship. My brother-in-law had one because he was Swedish. He said when he went to his own country he got through customs much quicker than those that didn't. He has now renounced it and got Australian citizenship.

I understand that Di Natali is scrambling around to find out if HE has relinquished his Italian citizenship....unbelievable....

"Greens leader Richard Di Natale is scrambling to produce documents showing he correctly renounced his Italian citizenship before entering parliament after his two co-deputy leaders were forced to resign after failing to conduct proper checks."

What a joke, the mad scramble for senators to see if they did the right thing! Interesting to note that the majority of the offenders are left leaning pollies and their devil may care attitude towards this issue reflects their general approach to the way they conduct themselves in and out of parliament.

Most of them are hell bent on motivating change and who show very little respect for the taxpayer and its dollar. It’s just too funny they are now being caught out by the very system that they seek to change!! 

Wonder how Natale is gettingon with the search  to see if he's still in. I have dual nationality, and as someone with both Australian and Italian citizenship, I am very interested to see if Natale did renounce his. Hard for any Italian to do.

Kiah,

Absolutely correct Kiah, not only are they hypocrites, the young  “greenies” are leaving in droves. Fed up to the back teeth with their shenanigans. Hang on, there's one 22 yr old taking Scott Ludlam’s place in WA, never had a job, straight outa school, hope he hasn’t dual citizenship. Looks like Andrew Bartlett is in for the chop too. Ah, these greenies.

You know what Kiah, these green cucumbers are a blight on our political scene, my prediction a slow miserable death filled with scandal and a tribe of their bent followers who want to “bend” the rules to keep them there. The poor blighters have always  been a ponzi scheme who want to take our glorious future back to the back waters of Marxism and Leninism with their shock policies thrown at the young and naïve. Yep, their plan to delude another batch of their idiot followers. Now they are working on the abolition of sex changes for kids. Whata group of crazies.

PS: always ignore the conda, will explain later.