Turnbull government reduced to minority after John Alexander resignation

By Bevan Shields and James Massola
Updated November 12 2017 - 9:00am, first published November 11 2017 - 4:59pm
An April 5, 2017 photograph reissued on Saturday, November 11, 2017, of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and Federal Member for Bennelong, John Alexander (left), talk during a visit to the ColourCorp printing company in Sydney. Mr Alexander has announced his resignation from Parliament because he suspects he holds British citizenship. (AAP Image/Paul Miller)
An April 5, 2017 photograph reissued on Saturday, November 11, 2017, of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and Federal Member for Bennelong, John Alexander (left), talk during a visit to the ColourCorp printing company in Sydney. Mr Alexander has announced his resignation from Parliament because he suspects he holds British citizenship. (AAP Image/Paul Miller)

The Coalition has been reduced to a minority government and is inching perilously close to potential defeats on the floor of Parliament after Liberal MP John Alexander resigned over the dual citizenship fiasco.

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