Citizenship News
02 Oct 2007
The Daily Telegraph: Citizen test sets low standard
"What bothers me is they did make sure the advertising campaign was ready to run, and they seemed to put a lot more effort into reaching that deadline than for reaching the actual deadline for what the ads were meant to be about," Tony said.
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01 Oct 2007
The Herald Sun: Citizenship test starts half-done
"They've clearly put more effort into the advertising campaign then they have into writing the test," Labor's immigration spokesman Tony Burke said.
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21 Jun 2007
Speech to Parliament: Citizenship Testing Bill 2007
From time to time we get a debate throughout the community about a piece of legislation that ends up not resembling much of the actual legislation which is before us in the parliament.
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30 May 2007
The Herald Sun: Citizen test to quiz on history
Opposition immigration spokesman Tony Burke said Labor supported formalising the citizenship test, as long as the new exam was "reasonable".
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29 May 2007
Sydney Morning Herald: Citizenship applicants need 60% to pass
Opposition immigration spokesman Tony Burke said Labor supported the principle of formalising the current citizenship test, as long as the new exam was reasonable.
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07 Feb 2007
Transcript of Doorstop: Citizenship test, John Howard's gaffe
The astonishing thing yesterday was the mistakes from John Howard. John Howard is a very clever politician, but two years ago you never saw him making mistakes like that.
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24 Jan 2007
The Australian: Citizenship takes centre stage
"Kevin Andrews showed with Work Choices that he's willing to follow the exact path the Prime Minister sets him so we'll now get to see whether or not the Prime Minister really wants to change the culture in the Department of Immigration," Mr Burke said.
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01 Jan 2007
The Australian: 85pc support English language test
He said setting the test's standard of English at a level where candidates could read safety signs at work was reasonable.
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12 Dec 2006
The Age: Howard defends citizen tests
"I'm more interested in whether or not someone's going to be a loyal, hardworking Australian citizen than how useful they'd be at a trivia night." Tony Burke said
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Citizenship Issues
Tony's Speech to Parliament on the Government's proposed citizenship test
We want this test to be something that is not used in a fashion that sets people up to fail... Labor believes it is essential that you do not just test but also you teach. It is not good enough to just test; you also have to teach.
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