language bariers and Citizenship tests – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

AUSTRALIAN citizenship test pass rates plunged 65 per cent between June 2022 and August 2023, with over 100,000 individuals failing amid heightened post-pandemic migration. This marks a drop from the 80 per cent pass rate seen from 2017 to 2021.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.