New Aussie citizenship law to fight terrorism

AFP, SYDNEY: Dual nationals who help terrorists could automatically lose their Australian citizenship even if they have never stepped foot out of the country under new laws introduced to parliament yesterday.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton introduced legislation to amend the Citizenship Act as fears grow about the number of Australians fighting with jihadist groups and concern about the threat at home from radicalised individuals.
It specifies three mechanisms and a series of grounds which could lead to an Australian, even if born in the country, being stripped of their citizenship.
They include a person convicted of a terrorist act by an Australian court and anyone found to be engaged in terrorist activity.
It also extends an existing provision covering fighting for the armed forces of a country at war with Australia to also cover fighting for a terrorist organisation.

New Aussie citizenship law to fight terrorism

AFP, SYDNEY: Dual nationals who help terrorists could automatically lose their Australian citizenship even if they have never stepped foot out of the country under new laws introduced to parliament yesterday. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton introduced legislation to amend the Citizenship Act as fears grow about the number of Australians fighting with jihadist groups and concern about the threat at home from radicalised individuals. It specifies three mechanisms and a series of grounds which could lead to an Australian, even if born in the country, being stripped of their citizenship. They include a person convicted of a terrorist act by an Australian court and anyone found to be engaged in terrorist activity. It also extends an existing provision covering fighting for the armed forces of a country at war with Australia to also cover fighting for a terrorist organisation.