Australian government to introduce emergency legislation in response to high court decision

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Immigration minister Andrew Giles has confirmed the government will introduce emergency legislation to respond to the high court decision, which has resulted in the release of 83 people from detention.

Immigration minister Andrew Giles has confirmed the government will introduce emergency legislation to respond to the high court decision , which has resulted in the release of 83 people from detention.

Labor appears set to criminalise the breach of bridging visa conditions as the first plank of its legislative response to the The Albanese government has confirmed on Thursday it will introduce emergency legislation to respond to the decision, which has resulted in the release of 83 people from detention. The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has repeatedly reassured that community safety has been ensured by placing conditions on the visas of all those released. But the Coalition opposition has identified an apparent gap in the law: that breach of visa conditions is usually punishable by immigration detention, which is no longer possible after the high court’s NZYQ decisio

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