Senate debates

Thursday, 25 June 2015

Questions without Notice

National Security: Citizenship

2:41 pm

Photo of Penny WrightPenny Wright (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The Abbott government's original plan gave the immigration minister sole power to revoke citizenship of dual nationals. Instead, the current bill makes loss of citizenship essentially a bureaucratic decision and gives the immigration minister the sole power to overturn that decision in a process in which the rules of natural justice do not apply. Is the Attorney-General able to deliver a tortuous explanation of how these two plans differ?

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