Politicians Dual citizenship and Renounced under S.44(i)

  Order Description       Recently two Greens senators, Senator Scott Ludlam and Senator Larissa Waters, have resigned from the Senate after discovering that they held dual citizenship (New Zealand for Ludlam, Canada for Waters). Under section 44(i) of the Commonwealth Constitution, this makes them ineligible to stand for the Commonwealth Parliament. Do you think this provision continues to be relevant or should it be changed by referendum? If it should be changed, what should the qualifications and disqualifications for eligibility be? Should the conditions for eligibility to stand for Parliament be the same as eligibility to vote? Should there be any changes to the current eligibility to vote? Should the eligibility to vote be incorporated into the Constitution by referendum? s. 128 The References should used in this assignment: 1-Who may sit? John Kalokerinos 2-Referendums overview-Australian Electroral Commission 3-Electoral Backgrounder April 2010 4-Foreign Alleglance - Gerard Carney 5- S.44 of the constitution 6- The United Kingdom is - James McConvill 7-Comment- Green around the gills 8- 22 insight- Di Natale - Judith Irland 9- The Age- fixed term parliaments -Tuesday.July 25.2017 10-Canberra closer to gas- Adam Gartrell 11- The nation news- Three federal ministers set to say sorry -James Massola, Nino B. 12-The Age- Green leader Richard Di Natale Saturday. July 22.2017 13- Informit Greens senator scott.. Seven News Michael Usher Friday, 14 July 2017 14- The Age- 4 News the nation -Citizenship who's in Australian? Foreign- born -Amy Remeikis , Eryk B. 15- The Age - 4 News the nation- Referendum council constitution concerns - One idea- Amy Remeikis 16- News - Entitled to dual citizenship? Mathew Doran 17-Standing as a candidate 18-Antony Green's Election Section 44(i) ABC's election