James Paterson refuses to back Peter Dutton’s plan to send people back to immigration detention but pushes alternative method of jailing themFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal opposition’s home affairs spokesperson, James Paterson, has refused to back Peter Dutton’s suggestion the government could simply re-detain 93 people released from indefinite immigration detention after a landmark high court ruling.But the Liberal frontbencher’s alternative proposal – to use terrorist-style preventative or continuing detention orders – has been lashed as “absurd” by leading lawyer Greg Barns SC who claimed there was no evidence any of the released detainees were at high risk of reoffending. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/19/absolutely-absurd-lawyers-criticise-opposition-proposal-to-re-detain-immigration-cases
Author : Josh Butler
Publish date : 2023-11-19 03:00:45
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‘Absolutely absurd’: lawyers criticise opposition proposal to re-detain immigration cases
