Australia to toughen citizenship laws to combat terrorism

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Source: BBC

Australia is to toughen citizenship laws and tackle those inciting hatred under new measures targeting domestic extremists, PM Tony Abbott has said.

He said citizenship for dual nationals involved in terrorism could be suspended or even revoked.

People born in Australia could also lose some privileges if they broke anti-terror laws, he added.

Officials have warned that the country faces a growing security threat from radical Islamists.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31579804

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1. Says PM Tony Abbott, domestic extremist.

[SwissTony]

2. Oh, Dog. This guy is an embarrassment.

I'll let John Oliver's crew explain

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3. Holy crap. I dont even think we can find clips of W to equal that!! nt

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4. I love that old bloke at the end who goes 'dickhead!' n/t

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7. Wow. Just wow. Why was he elected and by who?

[SwissTony]

8. Here's a reply I made to a similar question on youtube

Some people have raised the question as to who voted for him and why. The short answer is: we didn't. We don't directly vote for the PM in Australia. Our setup is much more like that in the UK. People vote for candidates in the electorate (a relatively small geographical area) in which they live. The party with the most elected members gets to form the government (coalition may be involved) and the leader of that party becomes the PM. But you cannot vote for or against a candidate for PM except by voting for or against a given party.

But why? Probably because the Labor party shot itself in the foot a couple of times. Julia Gillard became PM after dumping then PM Kevin Rudd in a bit of a coup. Rudd repaid the favour by dumping Gillard a couple of years later. Rudd was only PM for a couple of months before the Liberals came into power. Of course, there were other factors, such as the carbon tax, but being a party in disunity didn't help.

Now the Liberals seem to be climbing into the boat that Labor built. Abbott has recently survived a leadership challenge. Others will surely come. Labor might be hoping he stays on as leader until the next election. Maybe they'll borrow this clip and use it as an election ad.

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9. Thanks very much. Complicated system there. He seems rather... incompetent.

[SwissTony]

10. Not so much complicated. Just different.

We don't elect him directly, but his (or her) party can depose him at any time. Doesn't happen often, but it can do eg Rudd/Gillard.

We also don't have fixed terms for our PMs. For example, Robert Menzies was PM for about 18 years.

As for incompetent...and this is weird...he was actually a Rhodes scholar at Oxford!! So, there's something there, but it just hasn't jelled when he took office.

He recently declared he was going to "shirtfront" Putin. Never heard the word? It's a physical assault used in sports like rugby and Australian Rules Football in which one player runs side-on into the chest of an opponent. It's now illegal in both sports except if occurs accidentally..on purpose. Here's a 5 second video...

Of course, Putin would have eaten him for breakfast, both physically and mentally.

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5. We say this stuff every time

there is an attack on somewhere like Charlie Hebdo. Come to the west, you are welcome. But if you're an asshole that can't deal with freedom of speech or women's rights, then get the heck out.

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6. Good plan!

Sounds like something more countries should be doing.