CITIZENSHIP – AUSTRALIA

Australia Day ceremonies to be made compulsory

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Original article by Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: Online : 14-Jan-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will force local councils to hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day, while he will also introduce a dress code for ceremonies. Morrison has rejected Labor leader Bill Shorten’s claim that the government was trying to politicise Australia Day, with his action following the decision of some councils not to hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day out of respect to indigenous Australians. Shorten noted that 530 of Australia’s 537 councils hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day, while he said he had no plans to change Australia Day from 26 January if Labor wins the next election.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

PM toughens citizenship test

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 20-Apr-17

The Federal Government will impose stricter rules for foreigners seeking to become Australian citizens, as part of sweeping changes to immigration and visa rules. Amongst other things, people applying for citizenship will have to demonstrate adherence with "Australian values", while they will be subject to stricter criminal background checks and have better English-language skills than required at present. People will also not be eligible for citizenship unless they have resided in Australia for a minimum of four years.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Woz – who started Apple – becomes an Aussie and looks to Tassie

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Original article by Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 8 : 19-Dec-14

US businessman Steve Wozniak plans to eventually relocate to Australia when he retires, after being granted permanent residency. The co-founder of Apple intends to buy a home in Sydney but says he ultimately hopes to live in Tasmania when he retires. Meanwhile, Wozniak has praised Apple CEO Tim Cook for developing an iPhone with a larger screen rather than remaining focused on the design preferences of Steve Jobs. Wozniak is upbeat about internet-connected cars, but describes Google Glass as an "admirable failure" which lacks sufficient reason to use it given the high cost of the device

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APPLE INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, SONY CORPORATION, SAMSUNG CORPORATION, LG CORPORATION, PEBBLE, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA

Australian jihadists can’t be barred from returning home

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Original article by David Wroe, Mark Kenny
The Age – Page: 11 : 25-Jun-14

A legal hurdle has emerged to the plan of the Australian Government to prevent any citizens who have fought with Jihadist terrorist groups oversees from returning home. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has conceded that the majority of the current 150 or so cases do not involve people with dual nationality. They therefore cannot simply be left stateless by revoking their Australian citizenship. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has foreshadowed new counter-terrorism laws that will boost the powers of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

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AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL SECURITY LEGISLATION MONITOR