Submission in response to the "Strengthening the test for Australian Citizenship" discussion paper

Dominic Ofner
posted by | 412sc
May 31, 2017

This submission addresses the following components of the proposed citizenship changes:

  • The introduction of a formal language test;
  • Increasing the general residence requirement;
  • Changes to the Australian Values Statement; and
  • Changes to the test for Australian citizenship.

The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education (ERC) is of the view that the proposed changes are unnecessary and we have serious concerns about the Federal Government’s motivations for the changes. 

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We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia as the traditional owners and custodians of the land. We commit ourselves to actively work alongside them for reconciliation and justice. We pay our respects to the Elders; past, present and future. As we take our next step we remember the first footsteps taken on this sacred land.

 

The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education supports and endorses the ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART. We urge all Australians to take up the Indigenous people's invitation to learn about and promote it.

 

Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education

Edmund Rice Community Services Limited ABN 20 067 072 726

 

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