Leaked cabinet document reveals radical citizenship revamp, links migrant program to terrorist attacks

Updated February 5 2016 - 4:13pm, first published 9:18am
Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, former defence minister Kevin Andrews, former prime minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Australia would take 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq in September. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, former defence minister Kevin Andrews, former prime minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Australia would take 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq in September. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton Photo: Andrew Meares
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton Photo: Andrew Meares

New arrivals under Australia's humanitarian program could face much greater scrutiny and be denied direct access to permanent residency under a swathe of radical measures being canvassed by the Turnbull government, according to a sensitive draft cabinet document obtained by Fairfax Media.

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