13 more foreigners running the country

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Disintegration is upon us:

Labor frontbencher Tony Burke has predicted a “very large” round of referrals to the High Court over the worsening dual citizenship fiasco, with up to 13 MPs at risk of becoming fresh casualties.

While Mr Burke promised to refer embattled Labor MP David Feeney if he can’t stump up the relevant documents, Attorney-General George Brandis said all opposition MPs in doubt must face the court to preserve the integrity of Parliament.

Several Liberal and Labor MPs could be referred to the High Court over dual citizenship, with paperwork lodged and more revelations coming to light.

Labor has remained largely unscathed in the citizenship fiasco, but the cases of lower house MPs Josh Wilson, Justine Keay, Anne Aly and Susan Lamb are now under intense scrutiny. Each Labor MP appears to have tried to renounce their citizenship prior to the 2016 election, but failed to receive confirmation until after the close of nominations.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.