Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision
Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision
Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt
Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt
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Sometimes you need to take a hard line. I get it.
But indefinite detention is fucking barbaric. And I hope that those affected now have legal recourse due to this decision.
It was never the only solution. It was an expedient solution, and it’s wise to remember that when the architects of that shit show are in power and need to make hard decisions. Because the decision will be the one that maximises their political leverage - it won’t be the one that addresses say…catastrophic climate change, or over irrigation in the Murray basin, or falling education standards, or….