Posted on 11/22/2018 1:52:24 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
The Prime Minister has proposed new laws to make it easier to strip Australian citizenship from those convicted of terrorism offences.
"We will be removing that requirement," Mr Morrison said.
"It will only be if they are convicted of a terrorist offence, the current wording of the law, we believe it is unrealistic and needs to reflect the genuine threat that has been posed by those engaged in this activity."
The Government is also wanting to change the threshold for stripping Australian citizenship.
"The Minister will only need to be reasonably satisfied that a person would otherwise have another citizenship, which is a change from the standard existing today," Mr Morrison said.
"It will only be if they are convicted of a terrorist offence, the current wording of the law, we believe it is unrealistic and needs to reflect the genuine threat that has been posed by those engaged in this activity."
The Government is also wanting to change the threshold for stripping Australian citizenship.
"The Minister will only need to be reasonably satisfied that a person would otherwise have another citizenship, which is a change from the standard existing today," Mr Morrison said.
"We will be reviewing all the onshore and offshore cases in relation to these matters."
Legislation is due to be introduced in coming weeks, and comes in the wake of the deadly Melbourne terror attack earlier this month.
"For those who would engage in this sort of activity, and they have citizenship elsewhere, and we have reason to believe they do, they can go," the Prime Minister said.
Nine people have had their Australian citizenship revoked under the existing laws, which were announced in the last few months of Tony Abbott's prime ministership.
The third part of the Coalition's latest proposal would be to ban people involved in terrorism overseas from returning to Australia for two years, seeking to emulate a similar scheme in the United Kingdom.
The proposals were supported by Cabinet earlier in the week.
Well that’s friggin’ racis’ or something
This is an excellent chance for Congress to ‘lead from behind’. Isn’t this exactly what the cut-and-paste function is good for?
Conviction is a high bar.
If only there were some island penal colony to send them to.
Keep thinking.
Sounds like the Prime Minister has a problem with Muslims.
Put them on an island where they can raise sheep that would serve 2 other purposes besides being source of wool.
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