Coalition claims danger to community safety after high court quashes indefinite detention

Opposition spokesperson says government ‘should have had a plan B’ after ruling that means many held in indefinite detention will be released

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The Coalition has called on the Albanese government to mitigate any risk to the Australian community from a “very disturbing” high court ruling that found indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.

The opposition’s home affairs spokesperson, James Paterson, demanded to know Labor’s Plan B after the commonwealth lost the landmark case, which overturned the 2004 Al-Kateb decision which authorised indefinite detention even in circumstances where it was impossible to deport a non-citizen.

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