Citizenship changes 'blatant racism': MP

Labor backbencher Maria Vamvakinou has told parliament the proposed changes to citizenship laws is a case of blatant racism.

A Labor MP has taken the opposition's case against the overhaul of citizenship rules up a notch, branding it "blatant racism".

Maria Vamvakinou said the Turnbull government's proposed tougher English language test was more than a case of snobbery or elitism, as has been argued by her party colleagues.

"Harsh, but as far as I'm concerned, this is blatant racism by a government that stands to do one thing and that is to divide the Australian community," she told parliament on Thursday.


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