Citizenship & the Consitution

I find it quite disturbing to see our politicians using Australian citizenship as a political football.

They can do this because, oddly, there is absolutely no mention of Australian citizenship in the constitution.

And this can’t be fixed unless the politicians get behind the cause, which isn’t going to happen any day soon.

Especially now that they have cottoned onto this particular vote-pulling lever.

Just for your information, the lack of reference to citizenship in the constitution is simply because at the time of drafting we were all considered to be ‘subjects’ (of the British Empire) and not citizens.

That is, our continued residence in our own land depends on the goodwill of the monarch and his/her agencies.

Serfs in other words.

Worth changing eh?