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A tougher language test would punish women like my mother, who have lost everything
My mother studied Australian history and politics for months to pass the citizenship test. It was painful, to say the least
It’s easy for an English-speaking, white politician to legislate a language test for Australian citizenship that even someone born in Australia would find hard to pass.
The biggest impact would be on migrants or refugees – my mother, for example. Khal Bibi Hekmat never…