Resources Minister Matt Canavan resigns from cabinet over dual-citizenship fiasco

By James Massola
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:36pm, first published July 26 2017 - 12:15am

Turnbull government minister Matthew Canavan has resigned from cabinet and his political career is hanging by a thread after it emerged his mother had signed him up for Italian citizenship without his knowledge.

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