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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Australian government to restore powers to strip citizenship from terrorism suspects

The minister for home affairs, Clare O’Neil, will legislate to allow courts to strip dual-nationality terrorist suspects’ Australian citizenship.
The minister for home affairs, Clare O’Neil, will legislate to allow courts to strip dual-nationality terrorist suspects’ Australian citizenship. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Albanese government will restore powers to strip dual citizens who are suspected of committing terrorist offences of their Australian citizenship after Peter Dutton’s laws were struck down by the high court.

The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, has revealed the government will legislate to allow courts to strip terrorist suspects’ citizenship after the high court ruled it was unconstitutional to give the minister power to do so.

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