Independent Boothby candidate Jo Dyer does know whether she is a dual British-Australian citizen, which would provide a lifeline to the Liberals’ campaign in South Australia’s only marginal seat.
Liberal Party hopes of retaining the key South Australian marginal seat of Boothby have been bolstered after teal independent Jo Dyer landed in trouble overMs Dyer applied to the British Home Office in December to renounce her British citizenship, but an error on her behalf means she could fall foul of the ban on dual citizens serving in parliament.
Jo Dyer is preparing to call off her campaign for the South Australian seat of Boothby next week if her dual citizenship status isn’t resolved.she would suspend her campaign by the close of business on Wednesday next week if she did not have clarity about her citizenship status. “There is a lot of frustration, there is a well of sadness and there’s a small amount of embarrassment, as well, if this ends up that I’m forced to leave the race,” she said on Friday.The former director of the Adelaide Writers’ Week did not receive confirmation her application had been processed by UK authorities.
Before being contacted by a journalist on Thursday, Ms Dyer believed herself unaffected by bureaucratic delays of another country because she had taken all reasonable steps to renounce her dual citizenship. “I had been very well aware of the people who’d left parliament and I had looked up and done some research around the
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