On Wednesday, the Australian High Court cleared citizenship hurdles pitting the legitimacy of Lucy Gichuhi's senate win. "What we are doing is strengthening our multicultural society and strengthening our values," Turnbull told reporters in Canberra. "Australian citizenship should be honoured, cherished. Turnbull said the current immigration process was mainly "administrative" while the citizenship test largely a "civics test." "We're standing up for Australian values and the parliament should do so too," Turnbull said.

Source: The Star April 20, 2017 06:00 UTC