Resources Minister Matt Canavan resigns from cabinet following doubts over dual citizenship

By James Massola
Updated July 25 2017 - 6:34pm, first published 6:01pm
Resources Minister Matt Canavan is a Queensland senator. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Resources Minister Matt Canavan is a Queensland senator. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

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 over a decade ago.

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