George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Members and senators have been given an abundantly clear series of questions in the event that the Senate adopts the government's resolution. As I said before, it needs to be taken very seriously. Nevertheless, if there are already circumstances known to any senator or known to any member of the House of Representatives that demonstrate that they were a dual citizen at the time of the 2016 election and the election of the 45th Parliament, they do not need to await the filing of the particulars with the register of members' or senators' interests. As a matter of personal integrity, they ought to come forward, as Mr Joyce did, as Senator Nash did and as Mr Alexander did, and they ought to proactively take those steps as my colleagues have done.