Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to speak to the people of Bowman about my position strongly supporting the stripping of citizenship from dual nationals. Under the precautionary principle, my view is that, presented with adequate information from security agencies, I am comfortable with the ministerial determination on these matters if they are subject to judicial review. Everything should be subject to judicial review in this country, but Australians deserve the security of knowing that these people do not slip back to our homeland without us knowing what antics they have been up to in ISIS controlled territories. It pertains to a few hundred dual nationals. But whether they are single or dual national, my belief is that when they arrive at Istanbul, Oman or Beirut, before they fly and avail themselves of their rights of citizenship, we carry out a full national security assessment before they get on that plane to return to Australia. That may take more than two weeks. That may take a year.

Our message to ISIS is you should not have those travel documentations that come with citizenship until we know you are safe to return. You may be planning on coming back for welfare, obtaining for your spouse a carer's payment for all that mental stress you have suffered. You might want to put your entire extended family on welfare and feel like slinking home to this country. The message is simple: you will not do that unless a national security assessment is performed. Let that occur outside this country through bilateral agreements with our allies.