Via The Australian:
The Turnbull government’s hold on its slim majority in parliament could be at risk amid fears that other MPs could be dual citizens, following revelations Liberal Senate president Stephen Parry is likely a British citizen.
The Australian yesterday revealed Senator Parry wrote to the British Home Office seeking confirmation of his status, after it emerged his father was born in Britain.
Malcolm Turnbull, who was forced to delay his trip to Israel after the High Court last week ruled Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash ineligible to sit in parliament, faces a new citizenship crisis, leading to concerns other MPs will be caught out.
Senior government officials are understood to be urging restraint in going after Labor MPs under a citizenship cloud — including Tasmanian MP Justine Keay and senator Katy Gallagher — for fear of sparking recriminations in the lower house.
Senator Parry’s revelation he could be a British citizen, which is likely to be confirmed within days, has turned the focus back on Mr Turnbull’s Liberal Party, which had blamed its junior Coalition partner, the Nationals, for failing to undertake proper checks on candidates.
Now we know why there will be no audit.
