Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says the government’s “single priority” is community safety following the release of 80 people from indefinite immigration detention.
The release follows last week’s High Court ruling, which said those in indefinite immigration detention were being kept unlawfully.
“Last Wednesday, the High Court handed down a decision which overturned a 20-year precedent which has governed how the Commonwealth deals with detaining certain non-citizens,” Ms O’Neil said during Question Time on Tuesday.
“The Commonwealth argued against the release of these people; some of these people have committed disgusting crimes – some of them have hurt people who are still here in our country and it is those victims that we care about.
“There is one single focus, and one single priority that we are using to manage the implications of the High Court’s decision, and that is the community safety of the Australian citizens who elect us to this parliament.”
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