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Constitutional challenges to the stripping of Australian citizenship upheld

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Source: globalcit.eu

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The High Court upheld constitutional challenges to citizenship revocation in Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs (2022) and Benbrika v Minister for Home Affairs (2023). The court found that sections of the Australian Citizenship Act infringed Chapter III of the Constitution by reposing judicial fu...

The High Court upheld constitutional challenges to citizenship revocation in Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs (2022) and Benbrika v Minister for Home Affairs (2023). The court found that sections of the Australian Citizenship Act infringed Chapter III of the Constitution by reposing judicial functions in the Minister. The High Court ruled that citizenship revocation for dis-allegiance served punitive ends, disqualifying it as administrative action. The court emphasized the extreme consequences of citizenship loss: immediate exclusion from Australia, loss of political participation rights, and permanent vulnerability to detention and deportation without due process. These cases reaffirmed that citizenship revocation is constitutionally permissible only as a court-administered safeguard, not an executive penalty.

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