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Labors blocking of changes to a law making it easier to deport foreign nationals convicted of serious offences has led to Scott Morrison labelling Labor and Anthony Albanese "soft and weak".

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The proposed Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019, which is currently before parliament, will significantly extend the powers of the character test, lowering the threshold for those who might be rejected on character grounds, writes Joanna Psaros.

Today the Australian Labor Party blocked important laws that would remove more dangerous criminals from Australia. Minister for Immigration

27 July 2021 9:27am In the 1970s, worker exploitation was rife in the rag and car manufacturing trades. But even these days, migrant workers desperate for a source of income are unlikely to raise grievances, becoming vulnerable to exploitation. From restaurants to abattoirs and farms, exploitation continues to exist. The Australian government has released an exposure draft of the Migrant Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 that proposes new criminal offences and civil penalties to ...

Share on Twitter Migrant workers would be better protected from being pressured into exploitative work under new laws to crackdown on unscrupulous employers.  A new bill has been unveiled for consultation by the federal government, proposing new criminal offences and civil penalties to safeguard workers on visas. The government is attempting to present a firm stance on stamping out the exploitation ahead of the introduction of a new agricultural visa.   READ MORE Immigration Mini...

Date Time New penalties proposed to protect migrant workers from coercive exploitation The Government has released for public consultation an exposure draft of the Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 that proposes new criminal offences and civil penalties to further protect migrant workers from exploitation. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alex Hawke said the proposed Bill sends a strong message from the Australian Govern...

But new amendments to the Migration Act now allow the federal government to lock people in immigration detention indefinitely. Refugee advocates say that the changes have been made following court decisions forcing it to release asylum seekers. The Federal Court last year ordered the release of a detainee who had been held for six years.  The 29-year-old Syrian man has lived in Australia since 1996, but when he failed the character test contained in section 501 of the Migration Act 1958, his ...

Long-term, often indefinite, mandatory detention has become Australia’s first resort, rather than its last. Indefinite detention is considered arbitrary – and therefore unlawful – under international human rights law. Decades of medical research across the world – including studies commissioned by the Australian government – have consistently warned the wearing uncertainty of indefinite detention is deeply damaging for those so held. But this week the Australian parliament, with almos...

The government’s explanatory statement says the law gives the minister oversight to protect human rights. “The minister has a personal discretionary power under the Migration Act to intervene in an individual case and grant a visa ... to a person in immigration detention, if the minister thinks it is in the public interest to do so. What is and what is not in the public interest is for the minister to decide.” The bill was supported by Labor members. But rights groups argue that while the...