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The High Court has decided indefinite detention is unlawful. What happens now?

  • Written by Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University

This week, the High Court of Australia ordered the release of a Rohingya man from immigration detention where he had been for the last five and a half years.

Commentators and human rights groups have been celebrating this decision, which indicates the court will overturn a 20-year-old precedent.

The court has stated it will release its decision at...

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