Australia unveils immigrant tests
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Australia is to introduce a citizenship test, based on "mateship" and including language and culture issues.
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Australian researchers have come up with a world first accurate test to detect blood doping in athletes. The test was developed by researchers from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
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The US government reveals a new set of citizenship questions to test immigrants' "passion" for the country.
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Most Canadians know so little about their own country that they would flunk the basic test that new immigrants are required to take before becoming citizens, according to a poll released on Friday.
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A new security pact between Australia and Indonesia came into force Thursday at a ceremony in Perth attended by the foreign ministers of the at-times testy neighbours.
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Australian airline Qantas unveils plans to open a pilot training unit to meet demand in the Asia Pacific region.
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Candidates for prime minister in Saturday's election in Australia were influenced by operatives trained in the US.
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Countries begin test programs--get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.
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A timeline of key dates and facts about Australia's Aborigines:
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Australia is to review its citizenship test after figures showed about 10% of applicants were failing.
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A high failure rate among migrants  sitting a citizenship exam introduced by Australia's former  conservative government has prompted a re-think of the  controversial test, criticized by some as racist.
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PM to unveil major new national health screening programme
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Australia will demand new citizens   pass an English language test and sign up to undefined   Australian values, Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday,   but denied any racist overtones in the coming policy.
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Australia will issue its first formal apology to the country's indigenous people next month
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Australia said on Sunday it was relaxing its migration program to allow more skilled workers into the country where the jobless rate is at a three-decade low and most companies face a labor shortage.
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People who want to become Australians  will have to commit to broad values of &quot;mateship&quot; and may need  to brush up on horse racing and political history under new  citizenship tests outlined by the government on Sunday.
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Indonesian police said yesterday that DNA tests had identified a suicide bomber involved in a deadly attack this month on the Australian embassy in Jakarta.