We wanted you to know straight away, just moments ago, the Senate here in the Australian Parliament threw out the Government’s changes to Australia citizenship laws.
That means they have said no to the university level English test. It means they have said no to the three-year additional wait that was going to cause some people to wait more than ten years before they got to become Australian citizens.
Because of the university English test, some people were going to live here their entire working lives and were never going to be able to become Australian citizens.
