Bill
Protecting Australians from Foreign Terrorist Fighters Bill 2026
lapsed, as at 2026-09-10.
- Sponsor
- Pauline Hanson
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-08-12
- second reading — 2026-08-12
- second reading — 2026-09-10
- second reading — 2026-09-10
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-08-20.
This bill would add court-ordered exclusion from Australia for people who voluntarily supported listed terrorist organisations overseas and pose an unacceptable risk.
It would also tighten terrorism bail requirements and expand powers over Australian travel documents.
A further offence would address unauthorised assistance for certain terrorism-linked people to enter Australia, and the declared-area offences would be extended.
- Allows the Federal Court to make exclusion orders lasting up to two years only where no less restrictive protection would suffice, with rights to seek variation or revocation.
- Allows return-permit obligations to pause while an application is prepared, normally for up to ninety days unless court proceedings begin.
- Requires terrorism bail decisions to prioritise community safety and assess unacceptable terrorism risk.
- Adds specified terrorism and exclusion-order grounds for refusing, suspending or cancelling travel documents.
- Creates an entry-facilitation offence with exceptions for Commonwealth action and specified ministerial permission.
- Extends the declared-area provisions to 7 September 2030.
People subject to terrorism-related proceedings or exclusion measures, their representatives, courts and security and passport authorities are affected.
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