In 2008, as a member of the independent committee reviewing the Australian citizenship test, I asked if the committee could recommend all people resident in Australia be required to pass the citizenship test.

Kim Rubenstein Opinion Piece in the Saturday Paper

It’s troubling to treat dual citizens as more vulnerable to loss of citizenship, and for those rights to be protected only through a constitutional separation-of-powers principle.

Calling out the brutality of Hamas has not been a given, and critics of Israel have been quick to refocus away from the atrocities to Israel’s response.