House debates Questions without Notice

Qualifications of Members

Wednesday, 6 December 2017 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance

2:31 pm

My question's to the Prime Minister. On 9 November the Leader of the House was asked by David Speers: 'You're saying if your parents are born overseas and you don't have a document that shows you renounced citizenship, you're off to the High Court?' And the Leader of the House answered, 'That would be the assumption because that's obviously what the process says.' If a government member has acknowledged the existence of such documents in their statement but is keeping the copies secret, will the Prime Minister refer them to the High Court?

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