Dangerous Immigrant Offenders to Receive Closer Scrutiny

The Albanese government has succeeded in passing two new laws in the final week of parliament to deal with the aftermath of the recent High Court decision that required offenders held in indefinite immigration detention to be released. Within days, four of the almost 150 people freed from detention have been arrested on charges ranging from breaching curfew to indecent assault. Of the four arrested, two are registered sex offenders. The full bench of the court made the ruling on Nov. 8, reversing the precedent set by 2004’s Al-Kateb case in finding that asylum seekers, who are either stateless or can’t be returned to their country of origin due to persecution, cannot be detained on an indefinite basis....