Immigration Detainee Murderer Freed from Monitoring After High Court Decision

Australia’s High Court struck down government-imposed monitoring and curfews on immigration detainees as unconstitutional.
Immigration Detainee Murderer Freed from Monitoring After High Court Decision
An asylum seeker from Guatemala displays his ankle monitor in El Paso, Texas, on May 16, 2019. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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A Papua New Guinea (PNG) national who committed a murder as a minor has had his curfew and ankle-monitoring conditions struck down in Australia’s High Court.

The Federal government will also foot the cost of the legal challenge.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.