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Australia considers cutting citizenships for convicted terrorists
 The Prime Minister says he is considering stripping convicted terrorists of their Australian citizenship. John Howard says he is listening to arguments for and against removing citizens with dual nationality from Australia once they have served a jail sentence. He says he has no immediate plans to make a decision on the issue. "It's not right at the top of our list," he said. "There are arguments for and against and I'm listening to those arguments and we're not about to make a decision on that."The federal Attorney-General says the question of whether to strip convicted terrorists of Australian citizenship is not a simple one. Philip Ruddock says the Prime Minister has asked him and the Citizenship Minister, John Cobb, to look into the matter. Some Liberal backbenchers have already supported the idea of deporting dual citizens found guilty of terrorism crimes. Mr Ruddock says he and Mr Cobb will examine the issues. "It's important to recognise that if people undertake behaviour which is antipathetic and is in conflict with their commitment to Australia, you are entitled to question whether the protection that comes from citizenship is something that they are able to retain and some people are," he said. Posted by: God Save The World AKA Oztralian 2005-11-10 |
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