Opposition MPs will get their first look at proposed new national security laws when they are introduced to parliament on Wednesday.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton will outline how the government plans to block the return of dual citizens suspected of terrorism and deport court-convicted terrorists from Australia.
The government is also looking at going further and making the laws retrospective, meaning now-jailed terrorists could be deported upon their release.
Details of what terrorism-related offences will attract the new penalties will also be unveiled.
The Citizenship Act already allows the automatic stripping of citizenship from someone who fights for foreign armies against Australia, but it will be expanded to include banned terrorist groups.
The joint houses committee on intelligence and security will consider the laws and the legal pitfalls of making them retrospective.
Labor says it wants to see the details before formally committing to passing the legislation.
But it supports in principle the idea of stripping Australian citizenship from dual nationals involved in terrorism.
Australian Council for Civil Liberties vice-president Terry O'Gorman says citizenship should not be removed without a court determining a criminal terrorism charge.
Mr O'Gorman said it was "inconceivable" another country such as the UK, New Zealand or Lebanon would accept back a person who had been stripped of their citizenship for terrorism concerns.
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