BHUPINDER Singh says the best part about living in Australia is the freedom it entails; the freedom to do and say as you like and to improve your economic prospects.
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The Indian national, who yesterday became an Australian citizen, said he moved to Australia with hopes of a better future.
People are very nice and respect one another.
- Balashankar Gomathi Saravanasubramanium
"We grew up with a lot of corruption," he said of his homeland.
"But here we can say anything, there's freedom of speech. There are more opportunities."
Mr Singh has been living in Australia for eight years, and in March this year his wife, Jaspreet Kaur, migrated here, in time for the birth of the couple's daughter, Prabhleen, in May.
Ms Kaur said becoming an Australian citizen was a "great pleasure".
"I love the people here, they're lovely," she said.
"We get a good response, they're very nice in Bendigo."
Mr Singh said while he was homesick for the first two years after migrating, Australia soon began to feel like home, thanks to people like Rose Anderson; the couple's "Australian mum".
Balashankar Gomathi Saravanasubramanium, also from India, said the freedom of Australian life was the country's main drawcard.
Dr Saravanasubramanium lives in Australia with his wife and two daughters, aged eight and five, and he said his children had embraced Australian culture.
"We love it; we encourage them to be Aussie," he said.
