Targeted by new values

I rather liked Lauren Williams’s article, "Values added" (May 6-12), on the new citizenship test questions. However, she understates the savage underhanded attack Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton are mounting. Recently my wife, an Australian citizen of more than 40 years, was asked to “prove” her Australian citizenship to get a new passport, for which she has supplied documentation repeatedly before. Now, it appears, her bona fides are no longer good enough, on the basis of being an immigrant. It also appears from this that the government is targeting those who do not fit their mould. My wife, as a worker and volunteer in community service, has done more to advance Australia and Australian values than any seat-warmer in Canberra. We sought an apology for the appalling treatment, but have not heard a peep.

– Mark Davis, Mooroobool, Qld