Home affairs minister says he will introduce new legislation after visa conditions for those released from immigration detention were ruled unconstitutional
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The Albanese government has claimed it can keep ankle bracelets and curfews in force against non-citizens released from indefinite immigration detention despite the high court ruling the visa conditions are unconstitutional.
On Wednesday the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, responded to the commonwealth losing another high court case by announcing it will take “immediate steps to protect community safety following the … ruling in the YBFZ case”.
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