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Convicted murderer among three members of NZYQ cohort to be resettled in Nauru under deal struck by Labor

Three non-citizens with criminal histories taken into immigration detention in preparation for removal from Australia, home affairs minister says

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Australia to boot violent offenders in Nauru visa deal

A convicted murderer is one of three released immigration detainees the federal government will pay Nauru to take off Australia's hands as part of a visa deal.

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Australia operates ‘immigration prisons’, human rights lawyer tells UN

In closed hearing, Alison Battisson says country has a ‘terrifying’ record of detaining people unlawfully for indefinite periods

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Detained while we decide: Australian government fights for power to detain protection visa applicants

Two non-citizens want landmark NZYQ decision extended to people who remain in detention while their visa applications are processed

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‘We don’t want them in Australia at all’: Labor wants more powers to re-detain and remove non-citizens to third countries

Tony Burke introduces bill to facilitate removal of unlawful non-citizens and regulations to reimpose ankle bracelets and curfews on those released after high court’s NZYQ decision

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Andrew Giles released murderer into community detention before NZYQ high court ruling, documents show

Attempted murderer also among the 25 people released before judgment that indefinite immigration detention was unlawful

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Non-citizen Andrew Giles wanted to be ‘rid of’ cannot be deported, court rules

Exclusive: Safwat Abdel-Hady may now be able to pursue damages for false imprisonment after court found his detention was not authorised by Migration Act

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Murderer and attempted murderer among 25 detainees released by ministerial discretion, documents reveal

Exclusive: Legal challenge discloses number of non-citizens already released by ministerial discretion higher than first thought

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Two murderers and 26 sex offenders released under NZYQ ruling not electronically monitored

ABF commissioner tells Senate there is a ‘big difference between some murders and other murders’

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Win for Albanese government as high court rules indefinite detention legal in non-cooperation cases

High court dismisses challenge from Iranian asylum seeker, ruling that detention is lawful if non-citizens refuse to cooperate in deportation process

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Clare O’Neil contradicts Anthony Albanese’s claim community protection board is ‘independent’

Home affairs minister clarifies that panel created to manage release of people from indefinite immigration detention is ‘not a separate structure from government’

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Perth woman allegedly assaulted by freed detainee confronts minister over removal of man’s ankle bracelet

Ninette Simons, 73, tells immigration minister Andrew Giles she and 76-year-old husband Phillip feel they have been let down

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Operation Zufolo: Australia deployed a ‘charade’ to sustain indefinite immigration detention – it failed

Exclusive: The federal government set out to show it was trying to deport non-citizens, knowing there was a risk a key high court ruling could be overturned. But an insider says it was purely symbolic

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Asylum seekers with unfounded fears would have right to release if Australia loses case, high court told

Solicitor general warns that ruling indefinite detention unlawful could turn federal circuit court into ‘refugee tribunal’

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Minister was warned of ‘increased’ legal risks of immigration detention in 2022

Documents released under freedom of information reveal home affairs department advised it needed to show ‘concrete’ steps to deport some non-citizens

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Andrew Giles faces years of litigation as he fights to prevent another disastrous defeat on immigration

The immigration minister has a reputation as the most sued person in Australia. This year the legal terrain got even rockier

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Senator quits party to sit as independent – as it happened

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Dutton claims PM ‘misrepresented’ earlier comments about Rudd’s performance as US ambassador – as it happened

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Australia’s high court to hear two appeals over legality of re-detaining more than 100 non-citizens

Greens senator Nick McKim says decision to hear both cases is welcome as legislation passed in February 2023 is ‘clearly punitive’

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Assault charges to be dropped against man released from indefinite detention hours after Dutton question time attack

Police say CCTV footage indicates another man, not the 44-year-old former detainee, involved in alleged sexual assault in Melbourne

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Refugee charged with breaching curfew launches high court challenge to released detainees’ visa conditions

Lawyers for plaintiff YBFZ ask the court to expedite the case for a full hearing as early as March or April

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Immigration minister released friend of Bob Hawke from detention on visa that did not include ankle bracelet or curfew

Safwat Abdel-Hady released from Villawood detention centre by Andrew Giles on a bridging visa E

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Albanese’s asylum policy is almost identical to the Coalition’s – Dutton’s attacks are manifesting a crisis

The opposition leader seems more than happy to will Operation Sovereign Borders to failure if it gets him closer to the Lodge

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When it comes to failure of responsibility, there are far greater examples than Barnaby Joyce’s pavement incident

While the footpath fiasco took all the attention, it turns out suspected gun runners and drug traffickers were running offshore detention

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Morning Mail: high court asked to rule on new detainee group, Trump trial to go ahead, Israel raids Gaza hospital

High court asked to rule on whether commonwealth can keep detaining those who refuse to cooperate with efforts to determine if they can be deported

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