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Double trouble: Freo independent’s dual citizenship threatens to derail bid for federal seat

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Kate Hulett went within a whisker of beating a state Labor minister in the WA election, but the highly anticipated sequel to the Freo gift shop owner’s political debut is in jeopardy.

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Double trouble: Freo independent’s dual citizenship threatens to derail bid for federal seat

Kate Hulett went within a whisker of beating a state Labor minister in the WA election, but the highly anticipated sequel to the Freo gift shop owner’s political debut is in jeopardy.

1 day ago·Australia

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The West Australian

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Dual citizenship threatens teal-backed Fremantle independent

Kate Hulett — the community independent attempting a second shot at politics — has run afoul of Australia’s Constitution, with a dual British citizenship threatening her bid for Federal Parliament.

1 day ago·Australia

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Kate Hulett’s dual citizenship puts federal election tilt in doubt

Independent Fremantle candidate Kate Hulett is in a race against time to cancel her British citizenship to be eligible to run for federal parliament.

16 hours ago

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heraldonlinejournal.com

Hulett in desperate race to renounce British citizenship

FEDERAL independent candidate Kate Hulett faces a desperate race to repeal her British citizenship, otherwise her campaign will come to a crashing halt. On her campaign podcast A Piece of Kate, the Armadale-born Ms Hulett revealed she has held Australian and British passports since she was a baby. Under Section 44 of the Australian Constitution, any person who is “subject…to the rights or privileges or a citizen of a foreign power” is “incapabl…

21 hours ago

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