Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) | Hansard source

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) Two of the individuals convicted are Australian citizens—one by birth; one by conferral. The third individual is the holder of a provisional partner visa. The person who acquired Australian citizenship by conferral arrived in Australia as a child and resided continually in Australia up until the time he acquired citizenship.

( 2 ) Australian citizenship legislation requires that a person be of good character to be approved for Australian citizenship by conferral . The arrangements for checking this criterion are based on:

In relation to the individual who was an Australian citizen by conferral:

( 3 ) This case does not suggest a need to alter methodologies for assessing suitability for Australian citizenship . The individual acquired Australian citizenship as a child many years before the criminal activity occurred in 2009.