PM Calls for More Powers to Boot Criminals out of Australia

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on March 25, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for the need for objective tests to be able to deport foreign-born criminals convicted of serious offences.

The government is planning to reintroduce laws to parliament on Wednesday that would close a loophole to migration character test laws.