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I wish Australia would step up and actually defend one of their citizens.
by djsumdog 8y ago
I wish Australia would step up and actually defend one of their citizens.
- rorykoehler 8y agoAustralia is part of 5 eyes. Very unlikely they will do anything.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y agoAmerica's backward hillbilly lapdog? don't hold your breath.
- emilfihlman 8y ago'Straya would prosecute and send him to jail immediately. They are even more 1984 than USA.
- deiznof 8y agoAustralia just released a statement that they will continue to offer general consul services, and that's it. Too little too late there, Australia.
- becauseiam 8y agoHe is a dual national now, which only complicates any attempt, Australia's connection with Five-eyes and other military and political arrangements aside.
- ShorsHammer 8y agoWhen has that complicated anything? Being a dual citizen is a huge benefit everywhere on Earth. For anyone with enough resources and time I'd encourage collecting citizenships like they were Pokemon.
- steve19 8y agoBecause usually you are treated as being a citizen of the country whose passport you are travelling on. If you flew to China and were arrested of a crime, you are much better off having used your US passport than the Malta passport you purchased, or worse, the Sudanese passport you bribed an official for.
- hardlianotion 8y agoBut it's not much use if your other passport is Chinese.
- cyphar 8y ago> Because usually you are treated as being a citizen of the country whose passport you are travelling on. By your host country maybe (though I don't agree it's as cut-and-dry as that), but your home country will still treat you as a citizen regardless of your other citizenship statuses (except in the case you are a citizen of your host country). So they should still give you the same aid they'd give any other citizen -- and in some cases the UK has actually helped UK citizens flee a country even though they are a citizen of said country (examples include forced marriages of dual Iran/UK citizens in Iran).
- SXX 8y ago> For anyone with enough resources and time I'd encourage collecting citizenships like they were Pokemon. Care to elaborate? What kind of benefits one could get out of it? There's tons of information on topic from biased sources like law firms, but very little otherwise.
- ldng 8y agoExcept in most countries you can't have more than 2 or 3 official nationalities
- kweks 8y agoWell, technically any country that accepts a doubly nationality accepts a plurality - you simply don't inform all the other countries of your other nationalities.
- jayalpha 8y agoWrong. In many countries you can't have two. But as long as "dual citizenship" is recognized, there is no upper limit.
- ShorsHammer 8y agoGenerally being able to customize the terms of your travel, being able to permanently leave your home country, somewhat being able to choose tax jurisdiction, consular support from multiple sources if things go pearshaped. Older people probably value choosing favourable healthcare systems too. Nations aren't static entities, I'd doubt you'd find many people willing to bet on a single country's circumstance being exactly the same 30 years from now. For the wealthy gaining dual/multi citizenship is common across the world and plenty of Western nations sell it off willingly. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2077576/case-canadian-eight-citizenships-and-why-worlds-rich https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article...
- tokai 8y agoBe careful about picking up a citizenship in a country with conscription.
- IntelMiner 8y agoAustralia is run by a bunch of corrupt neoliberal oligarchs burning the place to the ground on the way out the door They have "better" things to do than worry about some "peasant". Like their six figure pensions and lobbying deals
- collyw 8y agoIs there a country who's citizens don't think their government is corrupt?
- freyir 8y agoThe Nordic countries, New Zealand, Switzerland and Singapore are perceived as least corrupt by experts and in opinion polls. Do the citizens agree?
- pjc50 8y agoNorway is doing pretty well for a country with such a large sovereign wealth fund; most places would have had it stolen by now. It seems they just have the ordinary run of scandals: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45173500 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45173500
- mullen 8y agoI love Norwegian political scandals. Compared to American scandals, they are just nothing but people are held accountable anyways. I would love to see some American politicians career ended because they took their phone to a country they should not have.
- pjc50 8y agoIf a married US Democrat took their secret Iranian girlfriend to Iran with their government phone the scandal would last about a decade.
- fixermark 8y agoWikileaks has leaked 10 some-odd documents on Australia, so I don't expect them to go to bat for him. The problem with being a uniform thorn in everybody's side is you run out of friends.
- threeseed 8y agoAssange is anything but a uniform thorn. He has continually supported and looked out for Russian interests. If he wasn't biased there would be a lot more public support for him.
- papermill 8y agoAssange is a russian stooge. Trump is a russian stooge. And yet Trump wants Assange crushed. How do people like you reconcile the inherent contradiction of your own argument? Are you angling for a job at CNN? The "russian stooge" propaganda has been so overused that it has lost any relevance.
- dd36 8y agoWhere did he mention Trump?
- ionised 8y agoStop spreading lies. Wikileaks has leaked plenty of shit on Russia too.
- qnsi 8y agohttps://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/6/14179240/wikileaks-russia-ties https://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/6/14179240/wikileaks-russia... What would you say about this article? I have Little knowledge about Assange
- robdachshund 8y agoVox is not a reliable source for information and has a clear bias. They were pushing pro Clinton articles left and right while lying about Sanders' tax plan.
- GoblinSlayer 8y agoThe government is on your side.
- rasengan 8y agoLookup the Queen of Australia.
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- michaelmrose 8y agoPretty sure he is from Austria not Australia which is only close in the dictionary.