Labor Scrambles After High Court Decision Bans Monitoring of Migrant Detainees With Criminal Past

Published on November 7, 2024

The Australian government has scrambled to put forward new laws in response to a High Court decision outlawing ankle monitoring and curfew restrictions for migrant detainees. The judgement was handed down on Nov. 6 and affects those released into the community after a contentious 2023 High Court decision ruled that “indefinite detention” for illegal detainees unlawful. In October last year, 215 individuals were released into the community with 126 of them subject to curfews from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and 143 of them forced to wear ankle bracelets. On Nov. 7, Labor Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told Parliament the court decision was one the government was “prepared for.”...

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