Coalition claims danger to community safety after high court quashes indefinite detention
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6G7TK)
Opposition spokesperson says government should have had a plan B' after ruling that means many held in indefinite detention will be released
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The Coalition has called on the Albanese government to mitigate any risk to the Australian community from a very disturbing" high court ruling that found indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.
The opposition's home affairs spokesperson, James Paterson, demanded to know Labor's Plan B after the commonwealth lost the landmark case, which overturned the 2004 Al-Kateb decision which authorised indefinite detention even in circumstances where it was impossible to deport a non-citizen.
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