The High Court has ruled that forcing former immigration detainees to wear ankle bracelets and live under curfews is unlawful, in a massive blow to the Albanese government.
The High Court has ruled that forcing former immigration detainees to wear ankle bracelets and live under curfews is unconstitutional, in a massive blow to the Albanese government that throws into disarray its response to last year’s NZYQ case.
that the Albanese government rushed through last December as it sought to get on top of the unfolding crisis that emerged when the High Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to indefinitely detain non-citizens who cannot be deported. YBFZ’s lawyers argued those measures represented “a restriction on liberty” and were punitive by design. Since only the courts, not the government, can inflict punishment on people, they made a case that the laws were unconstitutional.
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2014, when in his mid-20s, and had his permanent visa cancelled years later when he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.
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