I te tau 2017, i akina nga Senators Scott Ludlam me Larissa Waters ki te whakarere i te wa o te 2017-18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
I muri i te kitenga o Ludlam he tangata whenua takirua a Ahitereiria me Aotearoa, ā, he tangata whenua takirua a Waters me Kānata. I muri mai, i whakaingoatia a Adam Bandt raua ko Rachel Siewert hei kaiarahi tuarua mo te wa poto tae noa ki te taenga mai o Ludlam me Waters' whakakapinga i Canberra.