Coalition elevates citizenship crisis into diplomatic incident with New Zealand

Chaotic day in federal parliament ends with procedural embarrassment for Turnbull following spat with New Zealand opposition

The Turnbull government lost a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives as the culmination of a chaotic and bitterly contested day where it elevated its dual citizenship crisis into a full blown trans-Tasman diplomatic incident.

The lost vote in the House late on Tuesday meant Labor amended environmental legislation to include a criticism that the Coalition was failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef – a procedural embarrassment that followed a day of rolling controversy about the deputy prime minister’s dual citizenship of New Zealand.

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