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Nick Xenophon will let the High Court decide his fate if it's confirmed he's a dual citizen, with the key Senate crossbencher determined to dig in and not resign from the Senate.
Senator Xenophon is urgently seeking clarification from the UK Home Office over his citizenship status after questions were raised about his father's nationality.
A third Turnbull government minister has been caught up in the dual citizenship crisis that has rocked parliament, with Nationals senator Fiona Nash advising she is a British citizen by descent.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed three Australians have been hurt when a van mowed people down in a popular tourist spot, killing more than a dozen people and injuring around one hundred more.
Opening up about the ice addiction that ruined his footy career, former AFL speedster Chris Yarran gives a deeply personal account of how drug addiction impacted his life.
The spread of algae as a food source 650 million years ago dramatically changed the earth's ecosystem and paved the way for animals - and ultimately humans - to roam the land and seas.
A third Turnbull government minister has been caught up in the dual citizenship crisis that has rocked parliament, with Nationals senator Fiona Nash advising she is a British citizen by descent.
Theo Xenophou was born in Cyprus, which remained a British colony until 1960. He migrated to Australia in 1950, where Senator Xenophon was born. Travel documents show Theo came to Australia on a British passport.
While the South Australian senator has renounced Greek citizenship which he automatically received from his mother, he was not aware he held possible British citizenship until a journalist contacted him "a few days ago".
Senator Nick Xenophon is a key player on the Senate crossbench. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Nationals leadership has been thrown into disarray by the constitutional crisis, with Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and his deputy, Fiona Nash, found to have received dual citizenship by descent, at birth.
Other MPs caught up in the saga include One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts, former cabinet minister Matt Canavan, and former Greens senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters.
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