Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

): That is right. That is exactly right. When they are not dual citizens we want to lock them up, but when they are dual citizens we want to keep them out. When they are not dual citizens we want to lock them up, and when they are dual citizens we want keep them out. It is absolutely crystal clear: if you are just an Australian citizen and you are a terrorist and you come back to Australia, we will lock you up; if you are a dual citizen and you leave Australia to fight for a terrorist army, we never want you back. If you are a dual citizen and you leave Australia to fight for a terrorist army, you have committed the modern form of treason. We will strip you of your citizenship because we never, ever want you back. We have a very, very clear position on this. We have had a very clear position for some time now. I repeat: we will strip citizenship from terrorists who are dual nationals.

First of all, Labor's position was that this was dog whistling; then their position was that they would support it in principle; and today, the shadow Attorney-General—

Ms Owens interjecting—

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