Government moves to urgently reimpose ankle monitors for released immigrant detainees after High Court ruling

2024-11-07 110

The federal government says it will introduce new legislation after the High Court struck down a law allowing those released from immigration detention to be monitored by electronic ankle bracelets. The ruling comes as it was revealed more than 200 people have now been released since the High Court's shock decision last year that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.