High Court challenge: ‘YBFZ’
Tuesday, August 6 2024Today, the High Court sitting in Darwin, will hear a challenge brought by one of our clients to restrictions on his liberty imposed by the Federal Government following his recent release from indefinite immigration detention. (See: YBFZ v. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor.) Our client, a 36-year-old stateless man – and […]
High Court considers detainee decision: ABC ‘AM’
Tuesday, August 6 2024Sabra Lane: Today the High Court of Australia will consider whether new laws to force about 150 people freed from indefinite immigration detention to wear electronic ankle bracelets and abide by a curfew are unconstitutional. The laws were rushed through Federal Parliament last year in response to a previous High Court ruling that indefinite detention […]
High Court to rule on legality of curfew and ankle bracelets for those freed from indefinite immigration detention: ABC News
Tuesday, August 6 2024The High Court will today be asked to rule on whether a law requiring those freed from indefinite immigration detention last year to wear ankle bracelets and live under a curfew is valid. It is largely a case of the court’s own making. In November the court ruled, on the spot, that indefinite immigration detention […]
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Friday, December 8 2023Events since the High Court’s ruling on indefinite detention are a powerful reminder that a big battle for justice still lies ahead. And the need for legal help has never been greater. DONATE to our End of Year Appeal to help us fight for justice and freedom. Right now, we are providing legal assistance to […]
Australia ponders asylum-seeker issue after court ruling frees 100 – Nikkei Asia
Friday, November 17 2023SYDNEY — Around 100 asylum-seekers in Australia have been freed after the High Court ruled their detention to be unconstitutional last week, as activists celebrate the “momentous” decision that has thrown up questions for the government over those still in custody. The ruling on Nov. 8 ends Australia’s controversial practice of detaining asylum-seekers indefinitely, generally […]
Labor accused of caving to Dutton as ‘draconian’ bill restricting released detainees is passed: ABC News
Thursday, November 16 2023Labor has been accused of caving to Peter Dutton after it agreed to a slate of Coalition amendments to toughen restrictions on people released from detention so as to pass “draconian” emergency legislation on bridging visas. The bill, introduced on Thursday by the immigration minister, Andrew Giles, adds conditions, including electronic monitoring and curfews, to […]
Grattan on Friday: A government in a big hurry gives opposition some wins on ex-detainees
Thursday, November 16 2023It’s not very often we see a bill marched through parliament at such a pace as this week. After being caught on the hop by the High Court, the government has brought in emergency legislation to strengthen its powers to control more than 80 people, some of them serious criminals, it has been forced to […]
Australia passes laws to handle migrant convicts who can’t be held indefinitely or deported: AP News
Thursday, November 16 2023CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on Thursday. The new legislation was in response to a High Court ruling that foreigners can’t be detained indefinitely as an alternative to deportation. The government said […]
Labor to fast-track new laws to deal with High Court ruling on detainees: The Age
Wednesday, November 15 2023The Albanese government will on Thursday introduce new laws to deal with a landmark High Court ruling that it was illegal to hold people in immigration detention indefinitely and hopes to pass the legislation by the end of the week. In a sign of how the federal government is scrambling to pull together its legislative […]
Detainees released without visas after High Court decision in immigration revelation: ABC News
Wednesday, November 15 2023Some of the detainees released from immigration detention were sent into the community without visas, a revelation that appears to contradict what the federal government has said in recent days. A letter provided to some of the detainees upon release, which the ABC has seen, stated their status “at least for now” was “as an […]
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