Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he wants the Government's proposal to strip citizenship from dual nationals involved in terrorism to apply retrospectively.

The bill would allow the citizenship of dual nationals linked to terrorism to be revoked.

Parliament's intelligence and security committee has released its report on the proposal.

Mr Abbott told Macquarie Radio the laws should also apply to people previously convicted.

"It is the strong intention of government to give this law retrospective effect because if you're a dual citizen and you're guilty of terrorism against your fellow Australians, frankly you have put yourself beyond the pale," Mr Abbott said.

"I don't believe you should any longer remain part of the extended family of our nation and yes, a consequence of the loss of citizenship is you lose the right to remain in Australia."

But Foreign Minister Julie Bishop stressed that she has concerns with retrospective laws.

"As a matter of principle, I don't support retrospectivity," Ms Bishop said.

"But there may well be circumstances in relation to the citizenship situation that would warrant consideration of that.

"My inclination is not to support retrospectivity, but there could well be compelling arguments that would require a review of that."

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten reserved judgement on the report and the potential for retrospectivity.

"Let's see what the final report says," Mr Shorten said.

"But again Australians should be reassured whilst there's plenty of our politics where there's a lot of disagreement, when it comes to fighting terrorism, Labor and Liberal are equally committed to this.

"That is what we've done for the last two years and we will continue to do that in the most effective way to secure the safety of Australians."

The security committee is expected to address concerns about the draft laws being in breach of the constitution.

Bill not well drafted, too broad: constitutional expert

University of Sydney constitutional law expert Anne Twomey said the bill was rushed and not well drafted.

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"That's not a criticism of the bureaucracy, that's part of the problem with it being rushed," Professor Twomey said.

"The legislation is too broad in some particular areas.

"If you were a person who had trained someone to do something and that person then used that training to commit a terrorist attack, even though you were completely innocent in doing it — like you were training people to fly planes — you would automatically have had your citizenship revoked at the time you did the training.

"Now that would seem unfair to every person in Australia, I dare say."

The Government wants the legislation debated in the next session of Parliament, which starts on Monday.