Australia's citizenship process is not efficient, audit finds

People who have sought to become Australian citizens are not having their applications handled efficiently, an audit office review has found.

Source: AAP

Australian citizenship applications are not being processed in a timely way by the Department of Home Affairs, according to the auditor-general.

But the department disagrees, arguing measures introduced in the past three years to protect national security and community safety are delivering results.

An Australian National Audit Office review has found just 15 per cent of applications for citizenship "by conferral" - which makes up the bulk of applications - were processed within 80 days in 2017/18.

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