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The Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, revealed late last week he had visited Nauru in August and signed a memorandum of understanding with its government.

The Albanese government is looking to introduce laws that would give it unprecedented powers to forcibly remove non-citizens from Australia. The newly introduced Migration Amendment Bill, expected to be debated in parliament this week, would:

The release of detainees as a consequence of the High Court’s decision in NZYQ v Minister for Immigration resulted in a frenzy of law-making, which is likely to rebound to the High Court in further constitutional challenges.

Being in the right is not worth much if the Albanese government allows the opposition to bully it into making laws that won’t stand up in court

After ruling on November 8 that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful, the High Court today delivered its reasons for the decision that upturned 20 years of precedent. Its ruling has required the release of some 140 people from immigration detention so far, and set off a political scramble to legislate…

Government may be able to redetain high-risk offenders within days under new laws Labor will seek to pass before parliament rises

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Commonwealth warned lack of counselling would weaken its immigration detention case as case as advocates say those still in immigration detention cannot access similar programs

Home affairs minister’s explanation of how Labor has handled the high court decision defies everything we know about the case