(Age) Legislation that gives judges power to strip terrorists of their dual Australian citizenship will be introduced into federal parliament next week, as the government scrambles to reclaim the political agenda after weeks of criticism over its handling of immigration policy and the arrival of a boat of asylum seekers to the country’s shores.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil confirmed the citizenship-stripping legislation for dual citizens would be introduced in next week’s final full sitting week before the summer break, in response to High Court rulings striking down a similar Coalition-era law.
The minister’s office provided little detail about the substance of the law on Saturday, but government sources unauthorised to speak publicly said the new legal regime would centre on ensuring it was the courts, not the minister, that exercised power to strip terrorists of their dual Australian citizenship.
