Australia's Deputy PM Is Removed From Office Over Dual Citizenship

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Barnaby Joyce Is Ousted: Australia's Deputy PM Is Removed From Office Over Citizenship : The Two-Way Barnaby Joyce's name may be familiar to Americans: In 2015, he took Johnny Depp to task for flouting Australia's import laws by bringing two dogs into the country.

Australia's leadership is facing disarray, after its High Court said Barnaby Joyce was ineligible to hold office; the now-former Deputy Prime Minister is a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand.

Joyce held citizenship in New Zealand because father was born there.

"Turnbull could regain his 76-seat majority if Joyce wins a by-election in December - Joyce is now eligible to run, because he's renounced his dual citizenship since he was originally elected," NPR's Rob Schmitz reports.

"Under what is now a minority government, Prime Minister Turnbull will require support from other parties to pass legislation. There will also be a cabinet reshuffle, and the opposition party says decisions made by Joyce are now under a legal cloud and could be challenged."

Joyce is one of the so-called Citizenship Seven - politicians who were confronted this summer with the possibility that their elections to Parliament were invalid because they held dual citizenship, something that is illegal for elected officials under Section 44 of Australia's constitution.

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