In the face of the rejection of version 1.0 of the naturalization amendment bill last year, Senator Hanson, a party senator who has never welcomed immigrants, proposed an even bolder bill in early February that would require eight years of PR residency.
As soon as the news came out, the NewStars analyzed that the one-nation party was a well-known anti-immigrant party, and that in a bill rejected by the government last year, they were in favour of passing, but their votes did not affect whether the bill was finally passed or not. If Labour and the Greens stick to their opposition, whether it`s 1.0 or 2.0 or 3.0. The key to the passage of any version of the bill is Senator Nick Xenophon Team (NXT).
It seems that things are not over now.
The Senate formally filed an inquiry into Australia`s naturalization amendment bill by the Law and Constitutional Affairs Commission on Feb. 18 and submitted a full report by December 4, 2018.
The public can submit submissions of no less than 250 words, and the committee has set up an online poll very rare, both of which are due on April 27, 2018, at 5: 00 p.m. EDT.
If you vote, press the QR code long enough to enter the voting page.
An online vote asked, "do you support the naturalization amendment bill Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Commitments for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2018."
Voter status is not limited, just provide a name and email, and press "YES" or "NO" to vote successfully.
2017 survey
This is the second time in seven months that the legal and Constitutional Affairs Commission has conducted an investigation into naturalization changes, which last year were aimed at Union party government`s submission of version 1.0 of the naturalization amendment bill, which accepted only letters of intent and no online investigation.
Australia`s parliament website says the bill was moved out of the Senate on October 18, 2017, and no further progress has been made.
This year`s resumption of discussions on naturalization changes is expected. The government version 2. 0 content has long been spoiled on the Ministry of the Interior`s official website, with four years of PR residence (no more than a period of departure), and IELTS down to four five, if the bill goes through smoothly. The new requirements will be implemented on July 1, 2018.
Applications submitted before July 1, 2018 are still subject to the current requirement of no language requirement; four years of residence in Australia before naturalization, including the period of holding an TR visa; and at least one year of holding PR prior to the submission, which does not exceed 90 days. Remind me again! These changes have not yet passed parliament, no official legislation came into effect!
But!
The most curious thing is that the latest investigation by the legal and Constitutional Affairs Commission is not aimed at the revision of government version 2.0, but is the naturalization amendment bill submitted by Pauline Hanson, Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Commitments for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2018.
The Pauline Hanson naturalization amendment, a copy of government version 1.0, changed the date and raised the PR residence to eight years. The rest were basically the same, not even lower in English, or the IELTS 4. 6.
Now that the lower version 1.0 has been rejected, what`s the point of taking so long to investigate the more demanding amendment? I really don`t know what kind of medicine this gourd in the Senate is selling? Or is it just that it is not important to investigate which amendment bill is not important, but the important thing is to find out what we think of it?
How important is this online vote?
The vote`s success page shows that "voting results will be included in the survey report published in December 2018" and that neither the "YES" nor the "NO" will be binding on the committee and parliament.
Australian media The Guardian learned that the majority of senators have not changed their attitude to the naturalization changes, regardless of the outcome of the vote, or is unlikely to pass.
NXT has made it clear that "if government cannot guarantee fundamental changes to the new amendment, And ensure that applicants already awaiting trial (especially those who already hold PR should still apply the old standard) will not receive support for the amendment. "NXT itself supports limiting the number of naturalization exams," he said. But they don`t want to raise English requirements.
But the rare vote is reminiscent of the vote to legalize same-sex marriage at the end of last year, when 61.6% of the "YES" results eventually legalized same-sex marriage through parliament`s legislation. What is certain is that naturalization changes, like the legalization of same-sex marriage, are much watched and divided.
On the other hand, the survey report will not be released until December 4, 2018, so the naturalization revision is more likely to wait until after that.
