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Justice minister Michael Keenan has become the third Turnbull government minister to potentially fall victim to the dual-citizenship fiasco.
British immigration consultancy firm Sable International told Fairfax that Keenan may hold citizenship of the United Kingdom via descent as his father was born there. Keenan has refused to answer questions put to him by Fairfax or provide documentation proving he has renounced his British citizenship. Both the Coalition and Labor have prepared lists of MPs they may refer to the High Court over potential citizenship doubts, although sources on both sides played down the prospect of “going nuclear”.
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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper
