Senate debates Questions without Notice

Citizenship


Jenny McAllister

Jenny McAllister NSW, Australian Labor Party

2:54 pm

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?

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