WHAT’S GOING ON?

SECTION 44 CITIZENSHIP SAGA GONE

SENATOR SCOTT LUDLAM (GREENS): Resigned after he discovered he was a citizen of New Zealand by birth.

SENATOR LARISSA WATERS (GREENS): Resigned after she was deemed a Canadian citizen by birth.

IN THE BALANCE

SENATOR MATT CANAVAN (NATIONALS): Resigned as Resources Minister pending High Court decision over his eligibility. His mother applied for Italian citizenship on his behalf.

SENATOR MALCOLM ROBERTS (ONE NATION): Referred to the High Court after documents revealed he was at one time a British citizen. Court must rule on whether he took reasonable steps to renounce it ahead of the 2016 election.

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BARNABY JOYCE (NATIONALS): New Zealand Government has confirmed the Nationals leader is a Kiwi by virtue of his father, James Joyce, who was born in Dunedin in 1924. Mr Joyce has referred himself to the High Court. Legal advice from the Solicitor-General is he should be eligible to remain in Parliament.

QUESTION MARKS

JUSTINE KEAY (LABOR): Tasmanian MP who was a dual Australian-British citizen. UK Home Office formally acknowledged request to renounce citizenship on May 31, 2016. Confirmation was received July 11 — more than a week after the Federal Election.

JULIA BANKS (LIBERAL): It is unclear if the Victorian MP had Greek citizenship automatically conferred on her via her late father, who was born in Greece. Liberal Party says it has advice she is not a Greek citizen.