Members of the Australian Parliament have recently demonstrated the degree of attention and respect paid to the law by its ruling elite. It seems quite a few are not actually eligible to be members of Parliament due to having dual citizenship.
Meanwhile, I've been in this country for five years and every time I turn around I am asked to procure another certificate for this or that from various agencies to prove that I am not a criminal. I once tried to volunteer for a position and was told I would need a new certificate proving I had a clean police record - a certificate I had already provided. "This certificate expires in May and since the volunteer position runs until the end of the year, you'll need a new certificate." Clearly I am not going about this the right way.
To be fair, the law was poorly written. A bit of digging reveals that the ten wealthiest members of Parliament could very easily purchase citizenship in a number of other countries. And the law says "under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or a citizen of a foreign power." So technically, they are probably "entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or a citizen of a foreign power" whether or not they would choose to purchase those rights.
See my comments on this page: How a dual citizenship row ensnared Australian MPs and caused headaches for PM Turnbull
