'Bloody devastated': Family members of aviation pioneer have citizenship challenged

This is a bit on the nose!         Makes me wonder who is setting the rules around here.   

I thought you would be interested in this story I found on MSN:   

 'Bloody devastated': Family members of aviation pioneer have citizenship challenged   

http://a.msn.com/01/en-au/BBPcwk8?ocid=se

'Bloody devastated': Family members of aviation pioneer have citizenship challenged  

© Brian Cassey Mary-Anne Bird was denied a new passport and had her citizenship challenged, despite serving in the Army Reserve for 29 years.

Nancy-Bird Walton's younger brother John was just 15 when the merchant ship he served on in World War II was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180 off the New South Wales coast. He was one of 19 survivors rescued by the USS Patterson and is the last of them still alive.

Ms Walton went on to become one of Australia's most celebrated pilots, an Officer of the Order of Australia, and her name would one day appear upon Qantas's flagship A380 aircraft.

By war’sendJohn Bird had been awarded honours by both Australia and the United States, having served in the merchant navies of both nations. He moved for a time to the Australian protectorate that is now Papua New Guinea, where he married his Papuan wife and had five children before returning to Australia.

I find this story just awful.

If it is accurate as reported, it makes the 'enforcement' some of our border force and immigration laws look totally ridiculous IMO.

In addition, it makes them look appalling to me, when the history of the antecedents of those now affected and their current contributions are treated with so much disrespect.

Shameful IMO.

SHE was 'escorted out of australia tonight,        a disgrace,  

At the very least questions should be asked why a family with this history, werent contacted immediately changes to residency was even being enacted.

They deserved to know and have the opportunity to made sure their status was secured for the future

Nuance of this story is spite. That those controlling Border Force are delighting in bullying people rather than serving the people as public servants in a democracry.

Am I wrong?

There is probably more to this story than meets the eye

All she has to do is get one of her children to say she is going to be their au pair, Dutton will step in. PROBLEM SOLVED.

I recall a story from a mate who was conscripted and served time in Vietnam, he was originally from Scotland, being a British subject he didn’t need to get naturalised to serve in the armed forces, I think that changed in about 1975, in 1989 he decided to visit the home of his birth, someone had told him it would be easier for him to travel through Europe if he had a British passport, so off he went, when he tried to return to Australia he was stopped at Heathrow and was not allowed to board his flight because he didn’t have an Australian passport or a visa in his British passport, the issue was sorted out very quickly with a visit from the Australian embassy who gave him an emergency visa to return to Australia.

I believe one can't receive an Order of Australia Medal unless one is an Australian Citizen. Correct me if I am Wrong.

I felt outraged when I saw this storey on TV. Do not the personnel in border force know and understand the history of the relationship between Australia and PNG. In WWII it was okay for PNG to be Australian Territory so conscripted Army Militia could be sent there. We owe PNG a debt that can never be repaid, the lives of countless Australian soldiers. One of the few thing my father spoke about from his service in WWII was being led out of the New Ginea jungle by a Papuan, my father lovingly called them Fuzzie Wuzzies. He recovered from his wounds and as a result I was born.

PNG achieved independance from Australia in 1975, so it follows that any child born there before 1975 to an Australian parent must be an Australian citizen. What is difficult about that?