What law has Mr Ludlam fallen foul of?
Section 44 of the Constitution sets out restrictions on who can be a candidate for federal parliament. Five subsections make clear what disqualifies people, but its article one that tripped up Mr Ludlam.
It rules out anyone with allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or citizen of a foreign power.
The general idea being that you need to give yourself wholeheartedly to your country and not have any mixed allegiance, Professor Anne Twomey, a constitutional law expert at the University of Sydney, told SBS World News.
Technically, Mr Ludlam’s New Zealand citizenship makes him a subject or citiz…
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