A government in a big hurry gives opposition some wins on ex-detainees
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
It’s not very often we see a bill marched through parliament at such a pace as this week.
After being caught on the hop by the High Court, the government has brought in emergency legislation to strengthen its powers to control more than 80 people, some of them serious criminals, it has been forced to release from immigration detention. The...
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