Australia’s high court to hear two appeals over legality of re-detaining more than 100 non-citizens

Greens senator Nick McKim says decision to hear both cases is welcome as legislation passed in February 2023 is ‘clearly punitive’

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The high court has agreed to hear two appeals that threaten the legality of the re-detention of more than 100 non-citizens who had been sentenced and served more than a year in prison.

In February 2023, Labor and the Coalition teamed up to pass laws retrospectively authorising the cancellation of visas of people who were released from immigration detention by a full federal court decision in December 2022.

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