The Albanese government is seeking preventative detention orders to lock up 32 foreign nationals it believes pose an unacceptable risk of committing serious violent or sexual offences in Australia.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles revealed on Wednesday his department is working around the clock to progress the cases identified as the most urgent under laws the government recalled Parliament to pass in December.
"Six cases have been referred for expert review and ... a further 26 [are] in an advanced stage of preparation," Mr Giles told the ABC, after a second day of being attacked in Parliament over dozens of cases of violent criminals having their visas reinstated on his watch.
