Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. The explanatory memorandum, which accompanied the Turnbull government's failed citizenship changes, stated that a person could be deemed as having competent English:

… if they are a passport holder of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, the United States of America or New Zealand …

Why did the government consider that university-level English should be required for those coming from India and China but not for those coming from Canada or the United Kingdom?