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You will be covered under Medicare. I had a baby when I was on a temporary visa. The reciprocal agreement is for urgent or necessary treatment. Obstetrics is considered necessary treatment.  I also work as a midwife and have cared for many English couples in Australia who are on temporary visas.  Like Australian families sometimes there are some costs you have to pay for in some areas such as USS etc. 

We use to always come here for holidays and loved it so much that we moved here 3 years ago. Truly is paradise. Still feel like we are on holiday. We have a regular Koala that sits in the tree in our back garden. The only down side is job opportunities, unless you work in health, teaching and tourism. We don't have a great variety of shops so do most of my Christmas shopping online. However worth the sacrafice to live in such a beautiful town.

No wasn't urgent. I was expecting a 6 month wait so was surprised myself. One of my friends has recently got citizenship in Port Macquarie and hers took just 10 weeks.

1. Date applied. 04/05//15

2. City/council. Port Macquarie, Hastings council

3 Online/ paper. Online

4 citizenship test 22/05/15

5 citizenship approval 28/05/2015

6. Citizenship ceremony. 22/06/15

I don't understand the part that when you land in australia your children are automatically residents in australia. I am a british trained midwife, and moved here in 2002. When I deliver babies to british parents who are not permanant residence, even though those babies are born in australia they are not considered as residents, They are british nationals. So what makes it possible that if children move here they automatically are considered residents.