Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I did see a story about one of our friends from the United States participating in and making a speech at a citizenship ceremony. Frankly, I thought how nice it was that someone from another country recognised the importance we put on Australian citizenship. With respect to Senator Hurley’s question, I have had a number of other things on my plate this morning, but one of the issues that comes to mind is not so much the role of making a speech—we are entitled to ask people to make a speech; that is neither here nor there—but whether any formal role at that function, as required by the act, was undertaken by that person. I have not had the opportunity to ascertain yet whether a formal role under the act was undertaken by that person, as opposed to that person simply making a speech. But you can be sure that I will be making inquiries about that.