There have been a couple of pretty wild moments in the past few days for those in the Australian media.
When former Greens senator Scott Ludlam announced his shock resignation from office on account of his lingering dual citizenship with New Zealand, we rushed to ascertain exactly what the hell had happened. Once we had the facts, we let you know about ’em. It was a, uh, turbulent half hour.
So, imagine winding down on a Friday afternoon to see this from Greens leader Richard Di Natale:
I will be making an important announcement shortly.
— Richard Di Natale (@RichardDiNatale) July 21, 2017
In preparation for the most concentrated (and avoidable) episode of political devastation in recent memory, we anticipated the news that Di Natale would tell us he was actually a dual citizen with Peru, Mongolia, or the Principality of Sealand.
Ecco qui. Non sono Italiano! #auspol pic.twitter.com/T5zr8HhOii
— Richard Di Natale (@RichardDiNatale) July 21, 2017
You got us, Richard. We are howling and hollering. Goddamnit.
You can start the Luigi jokes now.
— Richard Di Natale (@RichardDiNatale) July 21, 2017
No doubt our friends in the media will require all other MPs in a similar situation to provide the same level of documentation.
— Richard Di Natale (@RichardDiNatale) July 21, 2017
Source: Richard Di Natale / Twitter.
Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty.