How Australia stripped an Australian of her citizenshipFAIRFAX Teresa Mullan spent 52 years living, working and travelling as an Australian citizen - until changes to the rules rendered her citizenship invalid. PETER RAE Teresa Mullan has been stripped of her Australian passport because rule changes mean she is no longer regarded as a citizen. During that time, she has raised children there, worked for three governments, voted at 10 federal elections and travelled the world on an Australian passport. "That is, their lives have been fully lived in Australia yet they have fallen foul of technical distinctions and have not been recognised as Australian citizens," she said. In a letter last December, DFAT formally denied her a full validity replacement passport because she could not present proof of citizenship through a citizenship certificate.

Source: Stuff June 26, 2016 00:44 UTC