Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 69, 14 November 2017, p. 2209.

[2]        Re Canavan [2017] HCA, 45.

[3]        Re Canavan [2017] HCA, 45.

[4]        Mr Matthew Doran, 'Stephen Parry: Senate President to resign from Parliament after UK citizenship confirmed', ABC News, 1 November 2017, abc.net.au/news/2017-11-01/stephen-parry-confirms-he-is-a-british-citizen/9106558 (accessed 21 November 2017).

[5]        Mr Matthew Doran, 'Stephen Parry: Senate President to resign from Parliament after UK citizenship confirmed', ABC News, 1 November 2017, abc.net.au/news/2017-11-01/stephen-parry-confirms-he-is-a-british-citizen/9106558 (accessed 21 November 2017).

[6]        Mr Joe Kelly, 'Senior government minister knew of Parry's plight', The Australian, 3 November 2017, theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/senior-government-ministers-knew-of-parrys-plight/news-story/5c398438f22c7061630e4b793589237e (accessed 21 November 2017).

[7]        Mr Joe Kelly, 'Senior government minister knew of Parry's plight', The Australian, 3 November 2017, theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/senior-government-ministers-knew-of-parrys-plight/news-story/5c398438f22c7061630e4b793589237e (accessed 21 November 2017).

[8]        The Hon Mitch Fifield MP, Minister for Communications, Senate Hansard, 13 November 2017, p. 13.

[9]        The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Statement of Ministerial Standards, September 2015, p. 2, paras 1.1 and 1.2.

[2]        The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Statement of Ministerial Standards, September 2015, p. 2, subparagraph 1.3(iv).

[3]        The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Statement of Ministerial Standards, September 2015, p. 7, paras 5.1 and 5.2.

[4]        Ms Yael Cass, Acting Deputy Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 13.

[5]        The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Statement of Ministerial Standards, September 2015, para. 7.4.

[6]        Ms Yael Cass, Acting Deputy Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 13.

[7]        Mr Joe Kelly, 'Senior government minister knew of Parry's plight', The Australian, 3 November 2017, theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/senior-government-ministers-knew-of-parrys-plight/news-story/5c398438f22c7061630e4b793589237e (accessed 21 November 2017).

[8]        Mr James Massola, 'Fifield confesses he know of Parry's citizenship problem for weeks', The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November 2017, smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/fifield-confesses-he-knew-of-parry-citizenship-problem-for-weeks-20171102-gzdgyc.html (accessed 23 November 2017).

[9]        The Hon Mitch Fifield MP, Minister for Communications, Senate Hansard, 13 November 2017, p. 13.

[10]      The Hon Mitch Fifield MP, Minister for Communications, Senate Hansard, 13 November 2017, p. 13.

[11]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Senate Hansard, 14 November 2017, p. 14.

[12]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 2.

[13]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 3.

[14]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, pp. 2–3.

[15]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Senate Hansard, 14 November 2017, p. 26.

[16]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 3.

[17]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 3.

[18]      Mr Henry Belot, 'Fiona Nash tells Senate she may be British citizen, will not stand aside as deputy Nationals leader', SBS News, 18 August 2017, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-17/fiona-nash-says-she-is-a-british-citizen-will-not-stand-aside/8817998 (accessed 28 November 2017).

[19]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 2.

[20]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 2.

[21]      Senator the Hon George Brandis, Attorney-General, Senate Hansard, 13 November 2017, p. 18.

[22]      The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Statement of Ministerial Standards, September 2015, p. 2, subpara 1.3(iv).

[23]      The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Statement of Ministerial Standards, September 2015, p. 7, paras 5.1 and 5.2.

[24]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 2.

[25]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Committee Hansard, 27 November 2017, p. 2.