Choosing Tony Abbott as UK trade envoy 'staggering', says Labour

[Matilda]

3. Thereby hangs a tale.

Abbott was born in Britain. When he, courtesy of Rupert Murdoch, became Prime Minister of Australia, there were many questions asked about whether or not he'd renounced his British citizenship, because otherwise the appointment would be illegal.

He swore he had, and even produced some documents to prove it, but funny thing was, they didn't look like anybody else's renunciation documents from Britain. They didn't have official stamps, and even a different signature to other people's certificates. But nobody within the parliament seemed inclined to pursue the issue.

I wonder if you asked him now - would he say it's all okay, because he never renounced his British citizenship, so the appointment is perfectly legal?