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Australia's "accidental Kiwi" deputy prime minister renounced his New Zealand citizenship Tuesday amid sheep jokes Joel Armia Jersey , Hollywood taunts and conspiracy theories about a left-wing plot to topple Canberra's conservative government.


Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce revealed his New Zealand connection on Monday, sparking calls for him to stand down as it is illegal for dual citizens to sit in the Australian parliament.


By Tuesday afternoon, Joyce told parliament that authorities in Wellington had agreed he could renounce the New Zealand citizenship unknowingly acquired from his Dunedin-born father.


"We received verbal communication from New Zealand before question time that has now been accepted and we're looking forward to the written advice turning up pronto," he said.


The development does not mean the end of the bizarre affair, which threatens Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's one-seat majority in parliament. But Joyce will hope it bolsters the case to remain in his job Connor Hellebuyck Jersey , preserving the government's wafer-thin buffer, until the High Court determines if he is eligible to be an elected official.


The 50-year-old is best known internationally for threatening to euthanise Johnny Depp's dogs Pistol and Boo when they were brought into the country illegally.


Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard, who kept the dogs after they split, was revelling in his discomfort, tweeting Tuesday "when Barnaby Joyce said 'no one is above the law Michael Hutchinson Jersey ,' I didn't realize he meant New Zealand law.'" "To comfort Mr. Joyce in his hour [of] need, I have sent him a box of New Zealand's finest kiwi fruit (assuming this passes his biosecurity laws)," she added.


Joyce, who Depp once said "looks somehow inbred with a tomato," has long cultivated an image as a straight-talking Aussie bushman Dustin Byfuglien Jersey , usually sporting a wide-brimmed Akubra hat and elastic-sided farm boots.


The deputy Australian leader was "shellshocked" to learn last week of automatically qualifying as a New Zealander.