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| Malcolm Roberts' likely Senate replacement avoids bankruptcy | Malcolm Roberts' likely Senate replacement avoids bankruptcy |
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| Queensland publican Fraser Anning looks increasingly likely to replace the embattled One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts after creditors withdrew their bankruptcy petition against him. | Queensland publican Fraser Anning looks increasingly likely to replace the embattled One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts after creditors withdrew their bankruptcy petition against him. |
| The bankruptcy proceedings against Anning were dropped on Tuesday, according to court documents. | The bankruptcy proceedings against Anning were dropped on Tuesday, according to court documents. |
| That has cleared the way for Anning, who was third on One Nation’s Queensland ticket at the 2016 election, to replace Roberts as the party’s second Queensland senator if the high court rules that Roberts’s failure to renounce his British citizenship before last year’s election means he is ineligible for parliament. | That has cleared the way for Anning, who was third on One Nation’s Queensland ticket at the 2016 election, to replace Roberts as the party’s second Queensland senator if the high court rules that Roberts’s failure to renounce his British citizenship before last year’s election means he is ineligible for parliament. |
| Anning received just 19 first-preference votes at the election, behind Roberts’s 77 first-preference votes. | Anning received just 19 first-preference votes at the election, behind Roberts’s 77 first-preference votes. |
| Figures within One Nation had been hoping that, in the event that Roberts was ruled ineligible by the high court, and Anning was declared bankrupt, Roberts’s Senate slot would become a casual vacancy, clearing the way for Roberts to replace himself and return to Canberra. | Figures within One Nation had been hoping that, in the event that Roberts was ruled ineligible by the high court, and Anning was declared bankrupt, Roberts’s Senate slot would become a casual vacancy, clearing the way for Roberts to replace himself and return to Canberra. |
| Queensland party sources believe that is the preferred scenario for Hanson, who has repeatedly said Roberts belonged with her in the Senate. | Queensland party sources believe that is the preferred scenario for Hanson, who has repeatedly said Roberts belonged with her in the Senate. |
| The high court will consider Roberts’s eligibility to sit in the Senate next week, after ruling last month he was a dual citizen at the time of nomination. | The high court will consider Roberts’s eligibility to sit in the Senate next week, after ruling last month he was a dual citizen at the time of nomination. |
| With the bankruptcy proceedings against Anning dropped, it is believed he is now clear to replace Roberts if necessary and if he wants to. | With the bankruptcy proceedings against Anning dropped, it is believed he is now clear to replace Roberts if necessary and if he wants to. |
| A spokesman for Hanson did not return requests for comment. | A spokesman for Hanson did not return requests for comment. |
| The bankruptcy proceedings had been filed against Anning and his wife, Fiona Ruth Anning, by ABL Nominees in the federal circuit court, with court documents obtained by Guardian Australia claiming that the subsidiary of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank claimed it was owed $239,393.49. | The bankruptcy proceedings had been filed against Anning and his wife, Fiona Ruth Anning, by ABL Nominees in the federal circuit court, with court documents obtained by Guardian Australia claiming that the subsidiary of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank claimed it was owed $239,393.49. |
| The high court will hear verbal arguments for the seven MPs facing section 44 issues next week, on 10, 11 and 12 October. | The high court will hear verbal arguments for the seven MPs facing section 44 issues next week, on 10, 11 and 12 October. |
| The attorney general, George Brandis, has argued in a submission to the court that all but two of those MPs – Scott Ludlam, who resigned as a Greens senator after discovering he still held New Zealand citizenship in July, and Roberts, who was ruled by the court as having dual citizenship when he nominated – should not be considered to have breached the constitution. | The attorney general, George Brandis, has argued in a submission to the court that all but two of those MPs – Scott Ludlam, who resigned as a Greens senator after discovering he still held New Zealand citizenship in July, and Roberts, who was ruled by the court as having dual citizenship when he nominated – should not be considered to have breached the constitution. |
| That group includes Larissa Waters, who also resigned from the Senate, Nick Xenophon, who was revealed to be a British overseas citizen through his Cypriot-born father despite having renounced any Greek or Cypriot citizenship before he nominated, and the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, who was found to be a New Zealand citizen by descent. It also includes the Nationals deputy leader, Fiona Nash, who was referred to the court after discovering she received UK citizenship through her Scottish-born father, and the Nationals senator Matt Canavan, who resigned from the cabinet by announcing his mother signed him up for Italian citizenship when he was 25 without his knowledge. | That group includes Larissa Waters, who also resigned from the Senate, Nick Xenophon, who was revealed to be a British overseas citizen through his Cypriot-born father despite having renounced any Greek or Cypriot citizenship before he nominated, and the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, who was found to be a New Zealand citizen by descent. It also includes the Nationals deputy leader, Fiona Nash, who was referred to the court after discovering she received UK citizenship through her Scottish-born father, and the Nationals senator Matt Canavan, who resigned from the cabinet by announcing his mother signed him up for Italian citizenship when he was 25 without his knowledge. |
| Those five, Brandis argued, did not know about their dual citizenship and therefore should not be found to have been in breach of section 44. | Those five, Brandis argued, did not know about their dual citizenship and therefore should not be found to have been in breach of section 44. |
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