A man has been found in remote Western Australia after going missing following his arrival via an unknown vessel.
A search was under way on Saturday for a man who police say was believed to have arrived with a group of people on Friday.
A person in immigration detention cannot be released just because they fear persecution in their birth country,the federal government will argue in a High Court challenge.
Party sources say Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale questioned the impact of provisions blocking visas from countries who don’t accept the return of their citizens.
Diaspora communities say they were blindsided by proposed laws that could ban foreigners from countries such as Iran and South Sudan from entering Australia.
Stephanie Foster declined to detail discussions,saying the relationship between ministers and staff “depends on being able to have trusted conversations”.
Minister Clare O’Neil was twice pursued by cameras,was asked the same question seven times and the government’s rushed bill was blocked by the opposition and the crossbench on Wednesday.
This was a humiliation for a government that wants to project a sense of command and control. Facing political pressure on borders,Labor threw good process overboard.
One of the nation’s most powerful public servants blindsided her ministers by releasing the criminal records of former detainees after the landmark High Court decision.
Convicted in absentia on terrorism offences in Lebanon,one detainee is arguing Australia can’t owe him protection and lock him up indefinitely.
The detainees from Iran,Iraq and Sudan are at the heart of a new test for the government in its attempts to defend the detention regime.