Palmer United’s Jacqui Lambie wants members of radical Islamic groups to be stripped of their right to vote and deported in a bid to combat home-grown terrorists.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is “turning a blind eye” to the real threat of terrorists in our own backyard, as he sends our troops to fight them overseas, Senator Lambie says.

If Islamic leaders who preach violence and allegiance to anti-democratic foreign powers are not allowed to stand for the Australian parliament, the next step should be introducing laws that mean such leaders are stripped of their citizenship and their right to vote, she said.

“(How many of them) enjoy Australian social services payments, entitlements and democratic freedoms?” Senator Lambie said.

“If you’re going to carry on with that sort of rot, the first thing we should ensure is that they don’t receive any government funds or entitlements, don’t have the right to vote and are deported.”

Our taxes should be exclusively reserved for people who love Australia with no formal or informal allegiances to foreign religious leaders and anti-democratic laws, she said.