A border protection deal between Labor and the Coalition will impose curfews and electronic monitoring devices on detainees who are released from indefinite detention after days of political fury over threats to community safety .
The federal government struck the deal with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in a lightning move to pass the new law within 12 hours of its public release and respond to a High Court ruling last week that has forced the release so far of 84 foreigners unable to be deported to other countries. Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Dan Tehan and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in parliament on Thursday.The government also signalled that another 340 detainees could be released but refused to reveal the reasons each had been detained or the nature of the crimes some had committed, although it previously confirmed the list included three murderers and some sex offender
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