The Commonwealth has lost a high-stakes legal battle over a law requiring former immigration detainees to be monitored by ankle bracelets and adhere to strict curfews.
In a major blow to the government’s attempts to manage the cohort of non-citizens released under last year’s High Court challenge, it will now be forced to lift the monitoring measures.
His lawyers argued the law was unconstitutional because the courts, not the government, were responsible for administering punishments.Immigration Minister Tony Burke has previously said the federal government was looking to lock up freed NZYQ detainees. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
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