Labor blames Peter Dutton’s decisions as immigration minister for ‘mess’ of indefinite detention

Government facing two new legal challenges from former detainees who Andrew Giles released into community detention

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Peter Dutton as immigration minister exercised a discretion allowing the plaintiff, whose case overturned indefinite immigration detention, to reapply for a visa after he was convicted of raping a 10-year-old, the government has revealed.

After weeks of Coalition attacks for its handling of the fallout from the high court’s ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful, the immigration minister, Andrew Giles, hit back in question time on Wednesday by claiming “this ultimately is [Dutton’s] mess”.

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