More MPs could be at risk as dual citizenship crisis threatens to widen
Fears are growing that the dual citizenship crisis could take down other MPs, threatening the government's majority.
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Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is the national affairs editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
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