Australian citizenship test: Values: community and loyalty practice questions

Mateship is practical help. Make a reasonable effort to learn English. Another citizenship does not switch off Australian law.

Question 1

Mateship, as the resource uses the word, means

  1. voting only for candidates from your own workplace
  2. refusing help from anyone outside your family
  3. helping one another in times of need

Answer: helping one another in times of need

Mateship is helping and accepting help, especially in hard times, including volunteering. It is not a rule about how to vote, and it is the opposite of refusing help.

Question 2

An applicant whose first language is not English must undertake to

  1. stop using any other language at home
  2. complete a university degree in English before the ceremony
  3. make reasonable efforts to learn English

Answer: make reasonable efforts to learn English

Applicants undertake to make reasonable efforts to learn English if it is not their native language, because English is the national language and helps with work and community life. Other languages may still be used, and a university degree is not the test that is set.

Question 3

A person can hold Australian citizenship and another citizenship, but they

  1. may follow the other country's law, while in Australia, whenever the two differ
  2. lose Australian citizenship on the day they acquire the other one
  3. must follow Australian law in Australia, and some Australian laws apply overseas

Answer: must follow Australian law in Australia, and some Australian laws apply overseas

Dual citizenship is allowed when the other country's law allows it. Inside Australia, Australian law still applies. Some Australian laws also apply overseas. Acquiring another citizenship does not, by itself, end Australian citizenship.