Howzat? Citizenship Test Gets Review It Needs

HOW hard can it be to formulate what it means to be an Australian citizen? Very hard, apparently. Yesterday the Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, reconfirmed that the Government would review the citizenship test. Senator Evans already had said, on January 1, that a review would take place this year. His reaffirmation this week was fuelled in part by the unlikely, and quite benign, figure of Sir Donald Bradman, Australia's greatest batsman.

Citizenship Test: Bradman Not Out

DON BRADMAN will remain part of the citizenship test after the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, pulled rank yesterday and declared "the Don is safe".

Bradman To Be Axed From Test

AUSTRALIAN sporting heroes are likely to disappear from the controversial citizenship test after early results showed it was disadvantaging refugees.

Bradman Out For Duck In Citizenship Test

A QUESTION about Sir Donald Bradman is expected to be dumped from the citizenship test under an overhaul by the Rudd Government to make the test fairer and more relevant to migrants of all backgrounds.

Neediest Flunk Aussie Test

ALMOST all skilled migrants who sit the citizenship test are passing, but one in five of those in the "humanitarian" program, which includes refugees, is failing.

It's A Little Thing That's Called Citizenship

Being a citizen brings security, and loyalty, from asylum seekers.

Our Diverse Land In A Bottle

Not wanting to sound unpatriotic, but, Australia Day has little resonance in this winey home - it's only remembered because there's a public holiday handed out, which means a sleep-in. It'd probably be ignored completely if my brother hadn't be born on that day, so at least there'll be a swilling of a beer or two, most likely a Belgian brew. And he wasn't even born here - in fact we all grew up in Malaysia. It's the controversial citizenship test that's prompted the musing as to what it is to be ...

How We'll Celebrate Tomorrow

NEWCASTLE CARRIAGE SHEDS 9am-11am - Citizenship ceremony

Editorial Too Many Fail The Test

FORMER prime minister John Howard had a hand in putting together Australia's controversial citizenship test.

Future Of Citizenship Test In Doubt

THE Federal Government will review the operation of the citizenship test after the release of figures that show more than a fifth of those sitting it are failing.