Coalition to back One Nation policy barring overseas Australians with terrorist links from returning home
Summary
Australia’s Coalition parties will support One Nation’s new law to stop Australians linked to terrorist groups abroad from returning to the country. The bill aims to make it easier to cancel passports and create new penalties for helping returnees with terrorist ties.Key Facts
- The Coalition, including opposition leaders Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan, backs Pauline Hanson’s One Nation bill on foreign terrorist fighters.
- The bill would allow Australian passports to be cancelled more easily for people with terrorist links.
- It also proposes new penalties for anyone helping these people return to Australia.
- The bill would create a "foreign terrorist fighter exclusion order" system enforced by federal courts at the home affairs minister’s request.
- The Albanese government has used existing exclusion orders but cannot permanently block citizens from returning.
- Labor is unlikely to help the bill move forward in the House of Representatives due to legal concerns.
- One Nation’s plan reflects ongoing debates about balancing national security and legal rights for citizens.
- The Coalition wants to work with One Nation and legal experts to refine the bill before Senate debate.
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