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Constitution Bars: Australian Parents and Co-Deputy Leader

constitution bars: Waters -- who came to prominence as the first woman to breastfeed in Australia's parliament -- is the second to resign after Sen, according to CTV. Scott Ludlam, who discovered he held dual citizenship with New Zealand, stepped down Both of the senators who have resigned have been members of the country's Green party. Larissa Waters, the co-deputy leader of the Greens party, resigned from the country's Senate after she discovered she held both Australian and Canadian citizenships. Australia's constitution bars dual citizens from eligibility for election. I left Canada as a baby, born to Australian parents studying and working briefly in Canada before they returned home, she wrote. In a statement posted to Facebook, Waters revealed that she was unaware that she held Canadian citizenship. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.