laughing every time Abbott mentions

[wilk1149]

Dual citizenship

[polksaladallie]

The worry is that an error will be made and the wrong one will be removed.      

[debra9275]

hmmm  I wonder.... has he or hasn't he??

[icyfroth]

We should get rid of it. You're either Aussie or you're not.

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

Get rid of it?.......There is nothing wrong with holding both.

[raptor_rebooted]

i could be wrong but doesn't dual

citizenship entitle to an overseas pension

effectively reducing australian pension?

[lane-ends]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

i could be wrong but doesn't dual

citizenship entitle to an overseas pension

effectively reducing australian pension?

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That is correct, income from anywhere counts

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

i could be wrong but doesn't dual

citizenship entitle to an overseas pension

effectively reducing australian pension?

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I don't know about other countries but in England you have to have worked there for at least three years to receive any UK pension. I started work in UK when I was 17 and left when I was 21, but within that time I had spent 12 months working as an "au pair" in France and Switzerland, so I don't quite qualify.

[raptor_rebooted]

ah ok.  that makes sense.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

i could be wrong but doesn't dual

citizenship entitle to an overseas pension

effectively reducing australian pension?

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I seem to be talking a bit about my father lately - he was never naturalized (a POM by birth) - and he received the Australian Pension - plus a war pension from England.