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Paul Osborne

EXPLAINED: New detention laws challenged in high court - The Real Truth

The opposition backs laws imposing strict conditions on people released from immigration detention. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A lack of scrutiny of immigration detention laws is likely to lead to more High Court challenges, a constitutional expert says.

A Chinese refugee known as S151, who arrived on a student visa in September 2001, is seeking a court declaration that a curfew and electronic tracking bracelet included in his bridging visa conditions amount to punishment.

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