White British English woman forced to take English Language Exam! (1 Viewer)

[MissSarajevo]

She was born in Birmingham, educated in Bristol, speaks fluent English and holds a British passport – but Julie Dutton has been told she will have to sit an English language test if she wants to work in Australia.
Three weeks ago the registered nurse, who moved from London to Sydney with her Australian husband Dale Mervin last year, applied to transfer her British nursing qualifications to New South Wales so that she could work in Australian hospitals.


Ms Dutton, 33, who specialises in cardiothoracic intensive care, was told that she would have to sit an English language test for her application to be processed – the standard procedure for any immigrant applying to be registered or enrolled with the NSW Nurses and Midwives Board, according to a new policy introduced on January 1.


The written and spoken tests will cost £131 ($280), and Ms Dutton was told that she will have to wait until June to sit them because there are no available places before then.



She was told that despite her obvious proficiency in the English language there were no exemptions.
“I think it’s just ridiculous,” Ms Dutton told The Times. “I am English, I was born in England, I speak English, I have a British passport, I was educated in Britain and I got my nursing degree in Britain, so I just couldn’t believe it when they told me. I think it’s just a joke – this is just a mad, stupid policy.”


The plight of the British nurse caught the attention of Nathan Rees, the Premier of New South Wales, who said today that her situation was absurd. John Della Bosca, the state Health Minister, said that he would review the Nurses and Midwives Board policy and help to streamline Ms Dutton’s case so that she could undergo the test and start work sooner.

Strewth! Briton Julie Dutton must take an English test to work in Australia - Times Online

 

[youngminii]

Not that funny nor is it that interesting.

 

[SAVAK]

whats her race got to do with her nationality? obviously its not part of the article so you put it there.

 

[lyounamu]

Hm, strange.

 

[Smithereens]

Ms Dutton, 33, who specialises in cardiothoracic intensive care, was told that she would have to sit an English language test for her application to be processed – the standard procedure for any immigrant applying to be registered or enrolled with the NSW Nurses and Midwives Board, according to a new policy introduced on January 1.

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[Scissors]

whoopdidoo

 

[whatashotbyseve]

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This.

Since she can read English, she should have read this point.

 

[Will Shakespear]

lol, in some parts of england what they speak barely sounds like english at all

 

[whatashotbyseve]

Lol I know man, between Scouse and Geordie, you need a translator.

I'm sure you just got proper speaking Londoners at the Globe, however.

 

[Graney]

Bureaucracy: frequently annoying and pointless

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[zstar]

English people don't even know their own language.

 

[08er]

Lol I know man, between Scouse and Geordie, you need a translator.

I'm sure you just got proper speaking Londoners at the Globe, however.

yup, we're all doomed if this registered nurse speaks like jamie carragher!