Minister Left in Dark on Offenders, Home Affairs Admits

Published on May 28, 2024

Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster has admitted her department failed to give advice to immigration minister Andrew Giles about tribunal decisions allowing non-citizens to remain in Australia despite committing serious offences. Mr. Giles has come under intense pressure from the opposition over a ministerial direction that saw a foreign national’s ties to Australia taken into account during tribunal decisions on whether that person’s visa should be cancelled. It comes after a New Zealand man, known as CHCY, was allowed to keep his visa by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal despite being found guilty of raping his stepdaughter. “The department did fail him [Minister Giles], we did not meet our very clear protocol and in particular we have not put advice before him in any way on the … cases that have been the subject [of media reporting],” she told a senate estimates hearing on Tuesday....

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