Australia Official Accuses New Zealand Party of Undermining Its Government<br />Mr. Dunne, the leader of New Zealand’s right-leaning United Future party who released the citizenship information, said claims<br />that he was provoked to investigate by the Labour Party were "utter nonsense." New Zealand is holding a general election on Sept. 23, and Ms. Bishop said her government would find it hard to work with New Zealand’s Labour Party if it won.<br />Ms. Bishop accused the Australian Labor Party of contacting the New Zealand Labour Party — both<br />left-leaning opposition parties — to suggest an investigation into Mr. Joyce’s citizenship.<br />Ms. Bishop specifically pointed a finger at Bill Shorten, the leader of Australia’s Labor Party, saying he used New Zealand’s Labour Party to "raise questions<br />in a foreign parliament deliberately designed to undermine confidence in the Australian government." Please verify you’re not a robot by clicking the box.<br />" she said. that I would find it very difficult to build trust with members of a political party<br />that had been used by the Australian Labor Party to seek to undermine the Australian government,<br />A New Zealand Labour Party politician also raised questions, due to be addressed later this<br />week, in New Zealand’s Parliament, about Australians with New Zealand citizenship.<br />Julie Bishop, Australia’s minister for foreign affairs and deputy leader of the right-leaning Liberal Party, made the comments a day after revelations surfaced<br />that Australia’s deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, was a New Zealander by descent.
