List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.95
The Committee recommends that Explanatory Memorandum clarify that proposed section 36B of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019 require the Minister to be ‘reasonably’ satisfied of the matters listed in proposed subsection 36B(1).

Recommendation 2

2.104
The Committee recommends that the Explanatory Memorandum of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019 clarify that under proposed section 36E(2) of the Bill the Minister must take into account the following matters::
the likely effects of citizenship cessation on any dependents of the person whose citizenship the Minister is proposing to cancel;
a person’s connection to Australia; and
conduct that would be captured by Chapter 8 of the Criminal Code.

Recommendation 3

2.113
The Committee recommends that the Intelligence Services Act 2001 be amended to provide that the Committee will commence a review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of Subdivision C of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 as amended by the proposed provisions of the Bill, three years after the Bill is assented to.

Recommendation 4

2.115
The Committee recommends that, following implementation of the recommendations in this report, the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019 be passed.

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About this inquiry

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has commenced a review of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019. The Bill amends the citizenship cessation provisions in the Australian Citizenship Act 2007. The review was referred to the Committee by the Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Home Affairs.



Past Public Hearings

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