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

Peter Dutton demands immigration minister Andrew Giles resign as another person released from detention

Australia's immigration minister Andrew Giles
Immigration minister Andrew Giles hit back at Peter Dutton over the opposition leader’s attacks during question time. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Peter Dutton has called on the immigration minister, Andrew Giles, to resign, as fallout from the high court decision on indefinite detention continues with another release ordered by the federal court.

On Thursday the federal court ordered the government to immediately free the Iranian asylum seeker Ned Kelly Emeralds, who spent a decade in immigration detention, the first release ordered since the new high court precedent that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.

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