Could section 44 strike again?

Editor's note

Just when we thought (hoped, let’s face it) we might have seen the last of the dual citizenship cases that have been cutting a swathe through parliament, along comes another potential problem. As Tomas Fitzgerald writes, it may be if you were born before 1983 and your mother was a British citizen, you have inherited a right of abode in the UK.

We don’t know if “right of abode” in the UK will be excluded by operation of s44 until the High Court explicitly considers the matter. Even then, each case turns on its own facts. But it may be yet another twist in this ongoing saga.

Amanda Dunn

Section Editor: Politics + Society

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Might there be yet another way in which parliamentarians can unwittingly fall foul of dual citizenship laws? Shutterstock

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Tomas Fitzgerald, University of Notre Dame Australia

Just when we thought the dual citizenship debacle was coming to an end, there may be another sting in our Constitution's tail.

Politics + Society

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Cities
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Science + Technology

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Health + Medicine

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Arts + Culture
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