What is the government's preventative detention bill? Here's how the laws will work and what they mean for Australia's detention system
- Written by Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
After a week of non-stop headlines, the government’s preventative detention legislation passed the lower house, just in time for the end of the sitting year.
The new laws will allow former immigration detainees to be re-detained if they are judged to pose a high risk of committing serious violent or sexual crime.
The legislation comes after a...
