Prime Minister Kevin Rudd insists cricketing great Don Bradman has not been bowled out of the nation's citizenship test.
Sir Don won't be in the assessable part of the new test but nor is he part of the current quiz, the Prime Minister said from Lima.
The government released a review of the Howard government's citizenship test on Saturday, after sitting on it for three months.
The new quiz, to be complete by August next year, will focus on the rights and responsibilities associated with being an Australian, rather than history, sporting and arts trivia.
It will include a discussion about notable Australians, including Sir Don, but that material will be part of the non-assessable section of the test booklet.
Mr Rudd said the new test will preserve Bradman's role in the Australian story.
"Guess what? Under the Rudd government, the Don is contained in the booklet," he told reporters in Lima.
"And guess what? The Don wasn't in the questions set under Mr Howard and the Don isn't in the questions set under me.
"Nothing has changed. The Don has been as preserved as the Don has been in the past."
New citizens will be required to make a Pledge of Commitment, stating their belief in democracy and promising to abide by Australian laws.
It will include questions about the role of police and compulsory voting, and be written in basic English.
Migrants and refugees with English difficulties will have access to an education program.
But the government has rejected the review's recommendation to offer the test in languages other than English.
The pass mark will rise from 60 per cent to 75 per cent.
"We want A grade citizens and so we are insisting on a higher pass mark," Immigration Minister Chris Evans told reporters in Perth.
He said the test was an "Australiana" trivia quiz under the Howard government.
National Australia Day Council chief executive Warren Pearson, who was part of the review committee, said the new test would focus on the responsibilities that accompany the freedom of being Australian.
"So many refugees come to Australia looking for their freedom, looking for the opportunity to vote, looking for the opportunity to choose the school that their kids go to," he said.
"That is what being an Australian is. It's not about being a sports buff or being a high art fan."
Refugee Council of Australia chief executive Paul Power said while he welcomed the changes, the testing regime should be scrapped.
"We have heard from different refugee community organisations that people are talking about their fear if they sit the test (and fail) they may face deportation," he told AAP.
"That is not the case."
Mr Power said the government should use other ways to promote civic responsibility to everyone - not just people applying for citizenship.
Comment was being sought from Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull.
