WEBVTT - Could You Pass The Australian Citizenship Test? 🦘 🇦🇺

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<v Speaker 1>Later Flex and Firms Flex and Firms. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Firms catch up podcast. Can you imagine getting

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<v Speaker 1>your citizenship denied for being too annoying? Listen to this

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<v Speaker 1>TikTok from Kevin Newan forty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know that Dutch woman was once denied a

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<v Speaker 2>Swiss citizenship for being too annoying? And this is because

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<v Speaker 2>in Switzerland, naturalization is not decided at a federal level

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<v Speaker 2>like it is in the US, but instead decided by

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<v Speaker 2>the town, city, or the local area, and her town

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<v Speaker 2>ided not to give her the gift of a passport

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<v Speaker 2>because of how vocal she is about her lifestyle. For example,

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<v Speaker 2>many people in our town see her as a vocal

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<v Speaker 2>beacon who opposes many Swiss traditions. For example, she's vocal

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<v Speaker 2>about opposing the Swiss tradition of putting bells around cows

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<v Speaker 2>for ceremonial and practical reasons. For example, back in twenty fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>her application for naturalization was approved by local officials but

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<v Speaker 2>then rejected by a vote, and many people rejected her

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<v Speaker 2>application because of her criticism of the bell as well

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<v Speaker 2>as her disrespect to the village.

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<v Speaker 1>When you hear like that, it actually kind of makes

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of sense. Yes, in theory, her citizenship

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't denied because she was annoying. But if to be

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<v Speaker 1>a Swiss citizen, you must be compliant, and you must

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<v Speaker 1>be celebratory in Swiss values, and you must uphold Swiss culture,

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<v Speaker 1>and you don't do that. I can imagine while why

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<v Speaker 1>some people be like, why do you want to be

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<v Speaker 1>here so badly? What do you want to be? You

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<v Speaker 1>can just hang out here like you're doing. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>you want to be a citizen? It's interesting though, because

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like a lot of people who are natives

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<v Speaker 1>to the country that they are born in, or they

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<v Speaker 1>were considered native because they were born here, don't consider

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<v Speaker 1>the hoops people have to jump through to be considered citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when my mum became a citizen. I was

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<v Speaker 1>in primary school and I didn't understand the concept number

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<v Speaker 1>one because I was like, I'm from here, aren't you

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<v Speaker 1>from here? No? And you could imagine being a parent

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<v Speaker 1>having children in a society in a country and you

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<v Speaker 1>being the one who's like, you can't stay here, but

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<v Speaker 1>they can. How would that even work? I couldn't really think,

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<v Speaker 1>like the thing that made this make the most sense

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<v Speaker 1>to me right, is imagine the whole world for apart. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>all the structures, all the systems that be no longer exist,

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<v Speaker 1>and you and I are in charge of building a

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<v Speaker 1>new world from scratch. And thankfully you and I have

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<v Speaker 1>access to a few buildings. You know, we stole a

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<v Speaker 1>few suitcases and luggage with medicines. We've got a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of that going. And you can cook and I can lead.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we've got people. It makes sense, it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get you on the tools. So now we have

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<v Speaker 1>people who want to join, right, who want to have

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<v Speaker 1>access to what we have access to, who want to

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<v Speaker 1>share what we have, but they hate us, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>not really a big fan of your cooking, and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't really like what I believe in. Then you'd be like,

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<v Speaker 1>why do you only want to why do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be here? Just be on the fringes. Anyway, the

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<v Speaker 1>contradictions are rife because it really isn't that simple. And realistically,

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<v Speaker 1>if someone's contributing to your economy, if they've been there

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<v Speaker 1>for years and years and years, they should be entitled

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<v Speaker 1>to the same perks. But then I was thinking, gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>what does it take to become an Australian citizen. Really

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<v Speaker 1>what would it take? And I know there's a huge

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<v Speaker 1>test you have to do, like a really really long one.

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<v Speaker 1>Could we do it? If they said to us, if

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<v Speaker 1>you do not get an A plus A one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>percent on this test, your citizenship is revoked. Could you

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<v Speaker 1>do it? Let's see, I want to find out all right,

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<v Speaker 1>to pass the test, you must answer the following twenty

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<v Speaker 1>multiple choice questions, answer all five of the Australian Values

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<v Speaker 1>questions correctly and get a mark of at least seventy

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<v Speaker 1>five percent overall. Give me the values. That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>want to see. Do you want to say? Okay, let's

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<v Speaker 1>start with question number one. What do we commemorate on

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<v Speaker 1>Antac Day A The landing of the Australian and New

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<v Speaker 1>Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, the arrival of the first

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<v Speaker 1>free settlers from Great Britain, the landing of the first

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<v Speaker 1>fleet at Sydney Cove. It's giving me away, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. What are the colors of the Australian Aboriginal

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<v Speaker 1>flag yellow, red, black period? What is the Commonwealth coat arms?

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<v Speaker 1>A kangaroo and an emi? No? The national anthem Australian's

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<v Speaker 1>National flower the official symbol of Australia, which identifies Commonwealth property?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Number three?

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<v Speaker 1>Do we know that? Which identifies Commonwealth property in the

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<v Speaker 1>animal's property? Oh? I understand, like when a product's Australian.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened in Australia On the first of January nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>oh one, the Australian Constitution was changed by referendum. The

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<v Speaker 1>separate colonies were united into a federation of states called

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<v Speaker 1>the Commonwealth of Australia. The Australian New Zealand Army Corps

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<v Speaker 1>was formed. It's baby, Come on, Australiana. What is the

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<v Speaker 1>capital city of Australia? Camera crazy? If I mean still,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're kind of eaten. Which of these is

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<v Speaker 1>an example of equality in Australia. Everyone follows the same religion,

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<v Speaker 1>men and women have equal rights. Everyone belongs to the

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<v Speaker 1>same political party. Be in theory? Why not people? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>last one. It's not the last one of the practice test,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm sure we're nailing it. And what is the

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<v Speaker 1>name of the legal document that sets out the basic

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<v Speaker 1>rules for the government of Australia. Bored? I'm gonna say

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<v Speaker 1>we passed, but I'm also going to say this is

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<v Speaker 1>My issue with any kind of like theory. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>theoretical and conceptual, and I don't think that anything any

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<v Speaker 1>of this is really going to help someone assimilate into

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<v Speaker 1>Australian culture, if anything's going to confuse them A lot,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, a lot, a lot like too much. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a setup. It's a setup conspiracy. You've been listening to

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