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SYDNEY - New Zealanders have a higher failure rate in Australia's citizenship test than migrants from South Africa, India and the Philippines.
Failure rates were 0.9 per cent for South Africans, 1.0 per cent for Indians and 1.9 per cent for Filipinos, compared to 2.2 per cent for Britons and 2.7 per cent for New Zealanders, according to Australian government figures.
Despite the figures showing the much-criticised test had an overall pass rate of 93 per cent the new government is expected to make changes to the test.
A question about legendary Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman - one of many Labor believes was written by former prime minister John Howard - will be among those cut, Fairfax newspapers have reported.
Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Evans is expected to commission a review of the test today, to be conducted in April, six months after it was introduced.
"The test can play a valuable role in helping new citizens understand the rights and responsibilities of citizenship," Mr Evans told News Ltd.
The test was introduced on October 1 by the Howard government and includes multiple choice and true-or-false questions from a pool of 200 questions.
- AAP
