Labor drops Coalition bid to overturn high court ruling that Indigenous Australians can’t be aliens

Decision by attorney general Mark Dreyfus guarantees a dozen Aboriginal non-citizens at risk of deportation will be able to stay in Australia

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The Albanese government has abandoned a controversial high court case that sought to restore the commonwealth's power to deport Aboriginal non-citizens.

The decision by the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, guarantees that a dozen Aboriginal non-citizens at risk of deportation will be able to stay in Australia, and ends the former Coalition government's attempt to overturn the landmark precedent of Love and Thoms.

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