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'You've got no choice': The $1,475 fee leaving some in Australia feeling 'captive' (www.sbs.com.au)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

The misleading headline quote is contradicted by the article.

Yoona can’t become an Australian citizen without giving up her South Korean citizenship — something she isn’t willing to do.

She literally has a choice. She could choose to give up her SK citizenship. She could also choose not to travel at all. Those might have a lot of downsides, even worse than the $1475 fee, so she might be making the best possible choice for her, but it's still a choice.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    this is not a reasonable take when asking whether or not this fee is extractive and exploitative.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    My "take" is that the misleading headline quote is misleading and clickbait and ABC should be better with their titles. They could have come up with many other better sentences - even using a phrase such as "extractive and exploitative" in the headline. How about something simple like "Visa fee for permanent residents raised to $1,475"

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