Labor’s Aston candidate Mary Doyle may have filled out her pre-election documents incorrectly not once but twice.
The Age, Doyle selected “not applicable” to a question that asked about the citizenship of current and former spouses.The electoral commission forms warn those who provide false or misleading information can face fines of up to $12,000.
Section 44 of the Australian Constitution bars federal politicians from holding foreign citizenship. Dozens of nations grant citizenship by marriage – or did so in recent decades – and in a number of cases the conferral is automatic. Question seven of the AEC’s qualification checklist asks: “Do you know which citizenships have been held by each of your current and former spouses and similar partners? ”
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