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Thursday, 24 May 2001
Page: 24297


Senator SCHACHT (11:27 AM) —PNG was a colony of Australia. We did not have citizenship; we were still British citizens. Her husband had British citizenship, I think because he was born in Great Britain. She was born in Australia but still had British citizenship. They lived in PNG; he was a civilian working there. He was interned and killed by the Japanese in the internment camp. She got away. Is she eligible? The way you are describing it, I think she would be eligible for the benefit because she was living in an Australian colony. They both were.