Revoking the Citizenship of Terrorists Mere ‘Symbolism’: Professor

Professor George Williams also warned the laws could, in future, be expanded to encompass other areas.

Police officers that form part of the Australian Joint Counter Terrorism Team stand outside a home they raided as part of an operation in which they arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack the public in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 20, 2018. AAP/David Crosling/via Reuters

There was insufficient cause for Parliament to rush through laws that allow the government to strip citizenship from dual nationals convicted of certain offences, says Professor George Williams

A Senate Committee is hearing submissions on the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Bill, which was urgently passed last year when the High Court ruled that indefinite detention of detainees was illegal under the Constitution.