Greens senator Scott Ludlam has resigned from the Senate after discovering he still had New Zealand citizenship, in breach of the Australian Constitution.
Ludlam, born in Palmerston North, moved to Western Australia when he was 3, and only discovered he was a dual citizen last week.
He was elected to the Senate in 2007 and entered parliament in 2008. He became a naturalised Australian as a teenager.
Ludlam faced a legal challenge for his mistake and today fell on his sword, apologising for his mistake.
“I am personally devastated to learn that an avoidable oversight a decade ago compels me to leave,” he said.
This was my error, something I should have checked when I first nominated for preselection in 2006.”
Ludlam said he did not want to l…
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