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Provisions of: Australian Citizenship Bill 2005 Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Bill 2005 27 February 2006 © Commonwealth of Australia 2006 ISBN 0 642 71603 X

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Members of the Legislation Committee	(PDF 92KB)
Abbreviations	(PDF 85KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 90KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 123KB)
Background Conduct of the Inquiry
Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill	(PDF 169KB)
Key provisions
Chapter 3 - Consideration of the Bill	(PDF 247KB)
Accessibility and clarity Public information Increased residential qualifying period Definition of spouse excludes same sex couples Ministerial Discretion Good character test National security exclusion – no ministerial discretion Stateless Persons Identity and privacy issues The status of children under the Bill Resumption of citizenship Review rights Dual nationals
Minority Report from the Australian Labor Party	(PDF 104KB)
Additional comments from the Australian Democrats	(PDF 130KB)
Appendix 1 - Submissions received	(PDF 88KB)
Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee	(PDF 85KB)
Melbourne, 30 January 2006 Canberra, 6 February 2006

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