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Australian Citizenship-You're right, Your Responsibility Discussion Paper.

"citizenship is not a license that expires upon misbehaviour. The duties of citizenship are numerous and the discharge of many of these obligations is essential to the security and well-being of the Nation. The citizen who fails to pay his taxes or to abide by the laws safeguarding the integrity of elections deals a dangerous blow to his country. But could a citizen be deprived of his nationality for evading these basic responsibilities of citizenship?….But citizenship is not lost every time a duty of citizenship is shirked. And the deprivation of citizenship is not a weapon the government may use to express its displeasure at a citizen's conduct however reprehensible that conduct may be. As long as a person does not voluntarily renounce or abandon his citizenship… his fundamental right of citizenship is secure."

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