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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian High Court overturns law that forced scores of migrants to wear tracking bracelets

Australia Migrants - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Australia’s highest court ruled Wednesday that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfews.

The ruling is a blow to the government, whose lawyers have unsuccessfully argued that laws imposing curfews and tracking technology are justified to protect the community.

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