Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security joins us to discuss the Coalition's position on the bill, as well as the issue of handling the former detainees.
The bill, which aims to force people to cooperate in their own deportation, was subject to an inquiry. The government wants to proceed with the bill unchanged, despite widespread community concerns.
In the dissenting report to the deportation bill, the Coalition says it supports the policy intent of the legislation but has significant concerns about potential unintended consequences.
A significant number of the former detainees have run foul of the law since their release. After the matter was reported, the ministers did a single interview each as they tried to dodge the spotlight.
The government is rushing legislation through parliament to crack down on unlawful immigrants. In a further reaction to the high court decision late last year.
The Government has been under sustained questioning in parliament after it was revealed the federal government has so far not applied to have any of those released from immigration detention to be re-detained.
The Albanese government has passed a new preventative detention regime in response to a recent High Court ruling – but there are several ways it may be open to challenge.
The High Court judges unanimously held that a person must be released from immigration detention where there is no real prospect of them being deported in the foreseeable future.