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New legislation giving judges the power to strip terrorists of their citizenship is being rushed into federal parliament this week, as the government tries to shore up its anti-terror regime in the wake of two recent High Court rulings.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


New legislation giving judges the power to strip terrorists of their citizenship is being rushed into federal parliament this week, as the government tries to shore up its anti-terror regime in the wake of two recent High Court rulings.

Last month convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika won his High Court bid to have his citizenship restored after it was cancelled by then home affairs minister Peter Dutton in November 2020.

Benbrika, who was born in Algeria, was found guilty of leading a terror cell that had plotted to blow up Australian landmarks and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The High Court ruled that stripping someone of their Australian citizenship was such an extreme punishment that it should be imposed by a judge, not a minister.

It followed a separate ruling in June 2022 in which a man suspected of joining Islamic State, who had never been convicted in Australian court, also had his citizenship restored.

Ms O'Neil took aim at her predecessor, Mr Dutton, in announcing the changes on Monday, arguing he had ignored advice at the time the former government pushed the citizenship legislation through parliament that it was legally shaky.


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