The immigration minister has issued a new directive he says will make it 'clearer' that non-citizens with a history of family or sexual violence should be deported, even if they have lived most of their lives in Australia.
Andrew Giles has replaced " direction 99 ", which drew political fire after about 30 non-citizens used it to escape deportation.
The directive replaces Mr Giles's controversial "direction 99", which drew political fire after it emerged that it had been used by several people with criminal records to escape deportation. The group included several people who had been convicted of child sexual abuse and one who was charged with murder last month.The new direction still gives primary consideration to both criminal histories and connections to Australia.
Mr Giles said the new direction was "crystal clear that the Australian government expects community protection to be given greater weight" and would "elevate" consideration of family violence.
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