itabruce:-
Not knowing anything about this process, if your application is successful will you then be Australian, or still Italian? Presumably you are willing to fight, and potentially die, for Australia. Is that not the ultimate sign of national identity, rather than merely what might be one's native language? Yes, I am aware that Italians, as well as many other non-English speaking nationalities, emigrated to Australia in the past and assumed their new identity with pride.
Sorry about drifting the thread from the start, it's just that I am intrigued by the implication that the ADF is recruiting as though it were merely an airline, where a good command of English is a requirement...