Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court has ruled that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfews. The ruling is a blow to the government, whose lawyers have unsuccessfully argued that laws imposing curfews and tracking technology are justified to protect the community. Five of the seven High Court judges ruled Wednesday that the tough restrictions placed on more…

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Australian High Court overturns law that forced scores of migrants to wear tracking bracelets

The restrictions were part of emergency laws hastily passed in December in response to another High Court ruling that non-citizens could no longer be detained indefinitely as an alternative to deportation.

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Australia’s highest court has ruled that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfews

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Australian High Court overturns law that forced migrants to wear tracking bracelets

Ankle bracelets and curfews on former immigration detainees will be stripped, with Australia's highest court ruling them invalid.

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The court found that these restrictions amounted to punishment, which can only be imposed by judges, not lawmakers.

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The Albanese government has suffered a new blow after a court ruled monitoring provisions for former immigration detainees was unconstitutional.

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Monitoring of former immigration detainees ‘unconstitutional’: High Court

On November 6, the Australian High Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to force stateless people released from illegal immigration detention centers to wear electronic anklets.

11月6日，澳洲高等法庭裁定，聯邦政府強制那些非法移民拘留中心釋放的無國籍者佩戴電子腳環是違憲的。

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court ruled Wednesday that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfews. The ruling is a blow to the government, whose lawyers have unsuccessfully argued that laws imposing curfews and tracking technology are justified to protect the community.  Five of the seven High Court judges ruled that the tough restrictions placed on more than 100 migrants, …

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The government will introduce emergency legislation to allow it to monitor and deport non-citizens. The High Court ruled the imposition of ankle bracelets and curfews on former immigration detainees is unconstitutional.

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Ankle bracelets, curfews on released immigration detainees 'unconstitutional'

Ankle bracelets and curfews on former immigration detainees will be stripped, with Australia's highest court ruling them invalid.The measures stemmed from a High Court decision that ruled indefinite detention was illegal and resulted in 215 immigration detainees being released as of October 18, 2024.Of those, 143 have electronic monitoring bracelets and 126 are subject to a curfew after the federal government passed emergency legislation to add …

Australian High Court overturns law that forced scores of migrants to wear tracking bracelets

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