More MPs could be at risk as dual citizenship crisis threatens to widen
Constitutional experts were yesterday scrambling to consider the range of legal possibilities when the government asks the High Court of Australia to rule on Senator Canavan's eligibility to stand at the last election, now that it has emerged he was a dual Italian-Australian citizen at the time (26 July 2017). More...

Martin and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Citizenship) [2017] AATA 1093
CITIZENSHIP – citizenship by conferral – eligibility – whether applicant of good character – traffic offences – question of disclosure of traffic offences in citizenship application – applicant found not to be of good character for the purposes of citizenship legislation – positive contribution – charity work – decision set aside and substituted. Australian Citizenship Act 2007 s 21(2)(h).

Zerella Holdings Pty Ltd ATF Zerella Unit Trust (Migration) [2017] AATA 1125
DECISION: The Tribunal sets aside the decision under review and substitutes a decision not to take one or more of the actions specified in s.140M of the Migration Act 1958.
Migration – Approval of standard business sponsor – Failure to satisfy sponsorship obligation – Circumstances in which sponsor may be barred or sponsor's approval may be cancelled – Future compliance with sponsorship obligations.

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