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Citizenship Test Review

An independent review of the Australian citizenship test was undertaken in 2008. The Citizenship Test Review Committee made 34 recommendations to improve the test. The government fully supported 23 of the recommendations and gave in-principle support to a further four.

  • Moving forward… Improving Pathways to Citizenship (1.75MB PDF file)
  • Government response to the Report by the Australian Citizenship Test Review Committee (46KB PDF file)
  • Recommendations and Government Response – Fact Sheet (79KB PDF file)

Citizenship

  • Australian citizenship: a chronology of major developments in policy and law (257 KB)

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