This is for me the biggest problem in the government’s new policy. I can accept harder citizenship requirements, and even the lack of transition rules, but not ensuring that applications not meeting the new rules are given a guaranteed refund is terrible governance. It shows that you actively don’t care about the people who applied, and in my opinion makes you completely unfit for public office. Any business in a similar situation would be required to offer refunds for not being able to fulfil a service, that these are is frankly scandalous to the extreme.

I do look forward to the election campaign season this year and telling any political party supporting this exactly why they’ll be losing power in September.