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Immigration detention legislation had to be rushed, Coalition says
Opposition home affairs spokesperson James Paterson says there was “no alternative” the government had to rushing through legislation to monitor people released from indefinite immigration detention.
No, there was no alternative but to rush it through, the alternative would be these people would be released into the community with no enforceable restrictions at all.
The initial visa conditions the government imposed upon them were not enforceable because the only consequence of breaching a visa was to be put into immigration detention, pending deportation.
We need to do better to reach that target. We’ve had some very good progress but we need more progress, after making up for a decade of delays.
