Ankle bracelets, curfews and criminal penalties in Labor response to release of immigration detainees
Government bill will close loophole by allowing previously detained people to be jailed if they break conditions
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The government will have the power to impose curfews and ankle bracelets on people released from immigration detention, and make it a criminal offence to breach visa conditions, in its response to the high court’s decision that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.
The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, confirmed the suite of measures on Thursday morning after Guardian Australia revealed criminal penalties for breach of visa conditions were set to be imposed on the 84 people released as a result of the high court decision.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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