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Senate President Stephen Parry to resign after confirming he is British
Senate president Stephen Parry has sensationally quit the upper house after advice from the British Home Office that he was a dual citizen.
In a major blow to the Turnbull government, Senator Parry said he would quit immediately and clear the way for a replacement to be named.
His successor is likely to be Richard Colbeck, a former tourism minister under Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull who lost his seat in the 2016 poll.
The decision to quit comes just a day after Senator Parry revealed he may be facing constitutional issues and raises questions about why he had not previously come forward to reveal his concerns that he may be a British citizen through his UK-born father.
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