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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Another 45 people released due to high court ruling on indefinite detention as Coalition plays hard ball on ‘patch-up’ bill

Clare O’Neil
Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says a ‘second cohort’ has been released in addition to the initial 93 following a court ruling on indefinite immigration detention. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Peter Dutton has accused Labor of a “patch-up” job on its response to the high court decision on indefinite detention, as the Coalition plays hardball by demanding the government create a regime to redetain non-citizens.

The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has introduced new legislation to make “strict laws stricter”, amending the earlier emergency legislation passed with the Coalition’s support to make it more “durable” and help “get ahead of potential future challenges”.

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