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01 March, 2009  The House of Representatives, The Australian
Parliament House, Canberra. The House of Representatives, The
Australian Parliament House, Canberra. Source: AUSPIC  Question:
Are there any Australian politicians who were born overseas?
Answer: Yes, there certainly are.  The Commonwealth of Australia
is organised under a complex system of government, where power
is administered at three levels: local, state and federal.
Generally speaking, there are few limits on who can be a
politician in Australia, since to be so only requires that a
person is elected by a local constituency. It is certainly
possible for Australian political representatives to be first-
generation migrants to this country, and a number of Australian
politicians were born overseas.  At a federal level, Australia’s
parliament is divided into two houses – the House of
Representatives and the Senate (also known as the Lower and
Upper houses, respectively). Of the 150 cu