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

Burke says government can enforce ankle bracelets and curfews for former immigration detainees despite high court ruling

Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, says the conditions can be reapplied, but Guardian Australia understands electronic ankle bracelets were deactivated after the high court ruling on Wednesday. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Albanese government has claimed it can keep ankle bracelets and curfews in force against non-citizens released from indefinite immigration detention despite the high court ruling the visa conditions are unconstitutional.

On Wednesday the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, responded to the commonwealth losing another high court case by announcing it will take “immediate steps to protect community safety following the … ruling in the YBFZ case”.

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