Angus Taylor has called on Pauline Hanson to back his plan to deal with ISIS brides after the One Nation leader unveiled her Protecting Australians from Foreign Terrorist Fighters Bill.<\/p>\n
The Australian revealed on Wednesday that Senator Hanson had sent the 22-page Bill and a lengthy explainer to fellow crossbenchers.<\/p>\n
It was accompanied by a missive criticising the Opposition Leader for not responding to another letter she penned to him last week \u2013 something he remedied that evening, according to the paper.<\/p>\n
The Bill proposes a foreign terrorist fighter exclusion order, barring those on one from entering the country.<\/p>\n
It would also stop automatically-issued return permits while a case is before court, make it harder to get bail for terrorism offences, block passports for anyone subject to an exclusion order and make it a crime to help an unauthorised return.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Thursday, Mr Taylor said the Coalition had been \u201ctalking for months\u201d about its measures, which he said would stop the cohort of women and children linked to ISIS fighters in Syria from returning to Australia by prohibiting \u201cthird-party repatriation\u201d. <\/p>\n
He said \u201cOne Nation and others\u201d can support the legislation.<\/p>\n
\u201c(That plan) is in front of the parliament now,\u201d Mr Taylor said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve written, responded to \u2026 One Nation, and I\u2019ve asked them to support that legislation. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s there, ready to go, and it\u2019s been introduced to the parliament some time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Taylor\u2019s comments come despite Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie on Thursday stating \u201cthe opposition welcomes crossbench contributions to strengthen our laws when it comes to returning ISIS fighters\u201d but lamented that it was needed and called on Labor to \u201cpony up\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not up to the crossbench or the Liberal and the National Party opposition to be drafting laws to keep Australians safe \u2013 that\u2019s actually the role of government,\u201d she told Nine\u2019s Today.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government has an army of well-trained solicitors at their disposal through the Solicitor-General\u2019s Department, the Home Affairs Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey should be drafting laws to make sure we can actually keep Australians safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senator McKenzie said \u201cministers should pony up \u2026 and use the laws that are already in existence\u201d to \u201ccancel passports, refuse to issue travel documents or, indeed, delay the issuing\u201d. \u201cNow, none of those options were taken into consideration by the Labor Party with the return of the ISIS brides,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Opposition spokesperson for defence industry Phil Thompson told Sky News \u201cleaders of all political persuasions talk at different times throughout the cycles\u201d when asked about any potential agreement between One Nation and the Coalition on a Bill. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut, you know, the one thing that we\u2019re focused on now is making sure that we have the alternative to what this bad government is and put it through things that want to keep people safe, which is stopping ISIS supporters and fighters coming back to Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Responding to Senator Hanson\u2019s Bill, Anthony Albanese said \u201cno one had any sympathy for people who have gone and fought for ISIS overseas\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, when pressed on whether he would back One Nation\u2019s proposed measure, the Prime Minister reiterated the support for \u201cthe rule of law\u201d and noted 45 men who fought with ISIS had returned to Australia before Labor came to government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s because citizenship brings certain rights under the constitution, and we will do everything we can within the law, though, and we will also, of course, provide no support for any of these people to return to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
The government has remained adamant that it has not supported the ISIS-linked women \u2013 many of whom are now before the courts \u2013 and children who had returned to Australia.<\/p>\n
Only a single Temporary Exclusion Order has been issued to a member of the cohort \u2013 a measure that comes from ASIO advice.<\/p>\n
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