Senator resigns over dual citizenship

A popular senator for the Australian Greens Party, Scott Ludlam, resigned from the Senate on Friday, after the revelation that he is a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand. This is in breach of the Australian Constitution which stipulates that a person who is a citizen of a foreign power is incapable of being chosen as a senator, or member of the House of Representatives, in the country. Ludlam was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia at 9.