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Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown

New preventative detention laws pass parliament

Senior Labor ministers have been under pressure over the release of the detainees. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Recently freed immigration detainees will soon be subject to similar measures as high-risk terrorists after preventative detention laws passed parliament.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday night voted 68 to 59 in favour of the laws, which will deal with freed detainees who pose an unacceptable risk of committing a serious violent or sexual offence.

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