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The Australian government has still not confirmed with the US whether Australians who also hold citizenship in the seven Middle Eastern and African nations – which the US has deemed terrorism risks – will be barred from the US for the next 90 days.
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Turnbull soft on Trump
While other world leaders take a strong stand against Donald Trump's anti-immigration policy, our PM has tried to skirt the issue.
Both the British and Canadian governments have stated their dual nationals will be excluded from that controversial measure.
"I have directed our officials in Washington DC to work with US officials to ensure any preferential treatment extended to any other country in relation to travel and entry to the United States is extended to Australia," Ms Bishop told Fairfax Media on Monday afternoon.
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Australia is one of the US's closest allies under the ANZUS treaty and is part of the long-standing "five eyes" intelligence-sharing agreement along with the US, Britain, Canada and New Zealand.
Under an executive order signed by Mr Trump, citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen cannot enter the US for at least the next three months.
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