Greens senator Scott Ludlam has sensationally resigned from federal parliament, after discovering he is a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand, and therefore ineligible to hold office. Ludlam released a statement on Twitter on Friday afternoon, saying he had "recently discovered" he still held New Zealand citizenship. He told a press conference that he was born in NZ, left the country at age
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