Giles takes swipe at community protection board as pressure builds over handling of detainees

Giles takes swipe at community protection board as pressure builds over handling of detainees

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.

  • byAngus Thompson,Olivia Ireland andRebecca Peppiatt

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Commonwealth prosecutor feared detainee would reoffend before home invasion
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Commonwealth prosecutor feared detainee would reoffend before home invasion

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.

  • byHeather McNeill,Angus Thompson andHamish Hastie
The phone call between Perth bashing victim and the immigration minister

The phone call between Perth bashing victim and the immigration minister

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.

  • byHamish Hastie andJamie Freestone
Detainee’s ankle monitor removed on government experts’ advice before alleged assault
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Detainee’s ankle monitor removed on government experts’ advice before alleged assault

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.

  • byAngus Thompson,Heather McNeill,Jamie Freestone andHamish Hastie
Detainee accused of violent home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor
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Detainee accused of violent home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor

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.

  • byAngus Thompson,Heather McNeill andOlivia Ireland
Detainee released in High Court ruling stands accused of violent home invasion
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Detainee released in High Court ruling stands accused of violent home invasion

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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHamish Hastie
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Detainee victory will turn court into ‘refugee tribunal’

Detainee victory will turn court into ‘refugee tribunal’

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.

  • byAngus Thompson
An Iranian man says he fears harm if sent home. The government says it’s not enough

An Iranian man says he fears harm if sent home. The government says it’s not enough

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.

  • byAngus Thompson
Labor MPs raise community fears over deportation bill
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Labor MPs raise community fears over deportation bill

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.

  • byAngus Thompson
Block of deportation bill humiliates government as weeks of political pain await

Block of deportation bill humiliates government as weeks of political pain await

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.

  • byAngus Thompson andOlivia Ireland
Albanese promised a better way. On borders,he’s doing it Howard’s way
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Albanese promised a better way. On borders,he’s doing it Howard’s way

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.

  • byDavid Crowe