Australia mulls stripping citizenship for past terror links

September 04, 2015 21:57

Australia moved closer to stripping dual nationals of their citizenship for terrorism offences today, with a parliamentary committee recommending it be approved even for old convictions.

Canberra has passed a series of national security laws to combat concerns about Australians supporting jihadist groups such as the Islamic State group and in June put forward changes to the Citizenship Act.

The amendments are meant to extend current powers removing citizenship from nationals who join armed forces at war with Australia to those who fight for or are in the service of a designated terrorist organisation, or who are convicted of terrorism or other offences.

"This bill modernises our treason laws to deal with the new threat of home-grown terrorists," ruling Liberal Party parliamentarian Dan Tehan, who chaired the committee, told reporters in Melbourne.

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