In 2016 the government expanded section 35 of the Citizenship Act to revoke the citizenship of any Australian who joins a foreign terrorist group. The measure includes Australians with single and dual citizenship and was proposed after several Australian nationals joined ISIS in the Middle East. The previous law revokes citizenship if Australians take up arms with the militaries of ‘enemy states’ but does not cover foreign terrorist organziations. Opponents include human rights groups and constitutional lawyers who argue that the law allows foreign governments to accuse people of terrorism for minor acts including graffiti and sit in protests. Proponents argue that the law is necessary to prevent terrorists re-entering the country.
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Response rates from 7.5k Western Bay of Plenty voters.
91% Yes |
9% No |
90% Yes |
8% No |
1% Yes, as long as the organization is internationally recognized as a terrorist group |
2% No, they should be detained, investigated, and given a fair trial once they re-enter our country |
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Unique answers from Western Bay of Plenty voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9D43PZY1yr1Y
Not if it leaves them stateless
@9DF4WGP1yr1Y
not if they were born in this country
@9DBK32C1yr1Y
what defines a terrorist? what if my government is corrupted and labels its political opponents terrorists? the word terrorist if often used to slander enemy of the states, such as julian assange, edward snowden, when in fact they are whistle blowers, heros.
@@963S369 1yr1Y
Depends on what a corrupt government would categorize as a terrorist organisation. The lot in the beehive would easily categorize" anyone who opppses their over reach of power as "far right extremists" and have threatened censorship and domestic terrorism laws to silence ppini9ns and could categorize them.as terrorists given the opportunity. A genuine terrorist with intentions to harm citizens should be detained but then thats all of tge globalists currently in the beehive who forced a weaponised injection onto its citizens. That is domestic terrorism!
@9G5JY2T1yr1Y
If the individual is not New Zealand born originally then they should have their citizenship revoked after thorough investigation and decision to do so.
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@9DNC7CG1yr1Y
Case by case, how successful is the likelihood of reintegration? How long were they apart of it? As well as mandatory therapy.
@9DLJ97R1yr1Y
No, this is a violation of the UN human rights charter
