The immigration minister has taken a veiled swipe at a government-appointed panel of experts who gave advice about a former detainee who is then alleged to have committed a violent assault.
A Commonwealth prosecutor twice raised fears a former immigration detainee would reoffend but did not oppose bail in the months before the man was accused of a brutal home invasion.
The Perth grandmother bashed in her own home,allegedly by a former detainee,has taken on the Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over the chain of events prior to the attack.
A former immigration detainee accused of a violent assault during a home invasion had his ankle monitor removed following advice from a board of experts.
A former detainee accused of a violent assault was not required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and had been bailed by police and courts multiple times this year.
A man arrested at the weekend over a home robbery in Perth had been released from immigration detention in November following a landmark court ruling.
The High Court is hearing a legal bid for freedom from an Iranian immigration detainee who is refusing to co-operate with government attempts to deport him.
A person in immigration detention cannot be released just because they fear persecution in their birth country,the federal government will argue in a High Court challenge.
Party sources say Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale questioned the impact of provisions blocking visas from countries who don’t accept the return of their citizens.
Minister Clare O’Neil was twice pursued by cameras,was asked the same question seven times and the government’s rushed bill was blocked by the opposition and the crossbench on Wednesday.
This was a humiliation for a government that wants to project a sense of command and control. Facing political pressure on borders,Labor threw good process overboard.