The Albanese government is giving a new “Ministerial Direction” to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on visa cases, telling it to make community safety paramount in considering appeals from non-citizens with serious criminal records.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the change in Question Time on Wednesday.
The Direction will apply not just to the AAT (which will be reconstituted as the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) under legislation which this week passed through parliament) but also to all decision-makers in the Home Affairs Department.
