"What I want to know is why haven’t these extraordinary charges been laid against terrorism supporters… If they’re going to be serious, Australia should bring back the death penalty for those found guilty of treason."- Jacqui Lambie, Senator for Tasmania
Unit 1012 awards the Rayner Goddard Act of Courage Award to the Senator for Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie, for
speaking out in favor of the death penalty for terrorists and treason.
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Jacqui Lambie has called for Australia to reintroduce the death penalty,
amid negotiations to save an Australian duo from an Indonesian firing squad.
By
Stephanie
Anderson
20 Feb 2015
- 9:19 AM UPDATED 20 Feb 2015 - 3:19 PM
Jacqui
Lambie is preparing a Private Member's Bill to reintroduce the death penalty
for citizens who leave Australia to become foreign fighters.
The
comments from the Independent Tasmanian Senator come as the Federal Government
stresses its stance against the death penalty as part of negotiations to save
Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
Senator
Lambie has previously called for the government to revoke the citizenship of
Australians who fight for terrorist organisations overseas, but has since
stepped up her opposition to foreign fighters.
Speaking to
SBS, she said the government had to be “very hardcore” in dealing with
terrorism.
“Treason
and sedition are the most serious crimes that can be laid against a citizen of
this country,” she said.
“What
I want to know is why haven’t these extraordinary charges been laid against
terrorism supporters… If they’re going to be serious, Australia should bring
back the death penalty for those found guilty of treason.”
Senator
Lambie dismissed criticism that her comments were irresponsible, given ongoing
negotiations with the Indonesian Government to save two Australians sentenced
to death.
She said
she had been “out fighting” for the pair, but added that politicians should be
“mature enough to deal with a number of different crises at once”.
“The
terrorists aren’t going to take off a week or two while we deal with crises,”
she said.
“[If
politicians] have got any smarts when it comes to terrorism, they will support
my call.”
Senator
Lambie hopes to bring her bill forward within the next fortnight.
Comment has
been sought from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Prime
Minister Tony Abbott spoke out against the death penalty on Friday, repeating
the government's determination to save the two Australians sentenced to death
in Indonesia.
Mr Abbott
said the pair were reformed and now a "weapon against drugs".
On Tuesday,
Senator Lambie called for “opposition to Sharia Law” to be introduced into
citizenship pledges.
In a
statement, she said the citizenship oath should read: “I
pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I
share, whose rights, liberties and opposition to Sharia law I respect and whose
laws I will uphold and obey.”
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SOURCE: http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/lambie-bring-back-death-penalty-aussie-terrorists/2674896/
Lambie: Death penalty for
terrorists who kill Aussies
17th Jun 2015 10:42 AM
FIREBRAND
Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has told the senate that any terrorist found
guilty of murder should face the threat of the death penalty in sentencing.
Ms Lambie
said Australian juries must be given the option of delivering a death sentence
to those convicting of killing others in their attacks.
"And
while we're strengthening the laws of sedition and treason - let's also
increase the maximum penalty for Sedition from 7 years to life in jail,"
Ms Lambie said in her senate speech overnight.
Ms Lambie
said if Man Horon Monis had survived his siege in Sydney's Lindt Cafe, he
should have been at risk of facing execution.
"Imagine
if Man Horon Monis had survived the Sydney Lindt Café attack,"
she said.
"Should
an Australian jury have had the option of sentencing the traitor and murderer
to death? Absolutely."
In the same
speech, Senator Lambie said Prime Minister Tony Abbott had bungled his attempts
to remove Australian citizenship from terrorists. She said it would likely fail
when challenged in the High Court.
"A
politician depriving Australians of their nationalities is an arbitrary act, a
court doing the same, after going through due process is not an arbitrary
act," she said.
Death
Penalty for Terrorists
Published on Jun 16, 2015
Senator Jacqui Lambie calls for the death penalty
for Terrorists who survive their attacks and kill Australians.
VIDEO SOURCE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bdF1U-Taik
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