Greens Senator Scott Ludlum has resigned from his post, because dual citizenship holders are barred from holding parliamentary seats. Upon finding out he was a holder of the citizenship of New Zealand, Ludlum resigned in line with section 44(i) of the constitution, preventing election of “[a]ny person who is under any acknowledgement of 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 a citizen of a foreign power.”

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