Thanks. I just found out my misguided opinion was from when Rupert Murdoch was forced to get rid of his Aussie citizenship - that was due to him wanting to own a US TV station.
Prior to 2002, Australians who took up a foreign citizenship automatically lost their Australian citizenship. Murdoch was required to be a US citizen to own the TV station, which forced him to give up the Aust citizenship. I have heard the law was changed partly because of his high profile situation.
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Australia doesn't care which other country you are a citizen of, as long as that country doesn't care you are a citizen of another country.
Therefore, the only time Australia makes you give up your citizenship is when the other country tells them they should.
Thanks. I just found out my misguided opinion was from when Rupert Murdoch was forced to get rid of his Aussie citizenship - that was due to him wanting to own a US TV station.
Prior to 2002, Australians who took up a foreign citizenship automatically lost their Australian citizenship. Murdoch was required to be a US citizen to own the TV station, which forced him to give up the Aust citizenship. I have heard the law was changed partly because of his high profile situation.
[http://www.citizenship.gov.au/current/dual_citizenship]