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Up to 29 people freed from Australian immigration detention to have visa breach charges dropped

Exclusive: Non-citizens charged with breaching conditions to be let off after high court rules ankle bracelets and curfews as unconstitutional

The Guardian - AU

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

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

The Independent UK

Minister works to skirt High Court ankle bracelet edict

Strengthened laws are imminent in a bid to keep electronic monitoring and curfew restrictions on former immigration detainees.

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High court quashes Albanese government’s ankle bracelet and curfew regime for former immigration detainees

Court rules in favour of stateless refugee who argued visa conditions breached separation of powers and amounted to punishment

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s deportation bill fails to pass Senate in ‘almighty backfire’ as Coalition and Greens team up

Opposition says bill needs ‘proper inquiry’ to guard against possible ‘unintended consequences’ despite voting with government in lower house

The Guardian - AU

Labor blames Peter Dutton’s decisions as immigration minister for ‘mess’ of indefinite detention

Opposition leader allowed a man referred to as NZYQ apply for a visa after being convicted of raping a child

The Guardian - AU

Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees

The government will urgently legislate to enable some of those released from immigration detention to be preventatively detained.

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Detainee ankle bracelets, curfews face legal challenge

Imposing ankle bracelets and curfews on recently released immigration detainees may breach the constitution, lawyers behind a fresh legal challenge say.

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Labor’s emergency laws after immigration detention ruling may amount to ‘extrajudicial’ punishment

Legal experts say constitutional challenges to new laws are likely as Labor braces for possible compensation claims following high court decision

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: A government in a big hurry gives opposition some wins on ex-detainees

It’s not very often we see a bill marched through parliament at such a pace as this week.

The Conversation

Labor accused of caving to Dutton as ‘draconian’ bill restricting released detainees is passed

The Albanese government has agreed to a raft of Coalition amendments, including criminal penalties for breaching restrictions

The Guardian - AU

Australia proposes law to allow prison time for high-risk migrants who breach visa conditions

High-risk migrants in Australia will face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation introduced in response to a High Court ruling that migrants can’t be detained indefinitely

The Independent UK

Eighty people already freed from Australia’s immigration detention since landmark high court ruling

Minister seeks to allay community concern about releases but admits ‘full ramifications’ of decision yet to be determined

The Guardian - AU

Labor to prioritise new asylum seeker claims as part of $160m package to tackle backlog

Shift to ‘last in, first out’ processing aims to break the business model of those making unmeritorious claims, immigration minister says

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Top public servant apologises for ‘significant’ error in Australia’s offshore immigration processing

The home affairs department’s lapse meant Nauru was not approved for immigration processing for four months

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Just one in 13,000 refugees have been resettled from a regional visa program

Refugee Arad Nik moved to a regional area as part of the requirements of his Safe Haven Enterprise Visa. He hoped the visa would lead to permanent residency but now is not sure what comes next.

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