Immigration Minister Andrew Giles is facing significant pressure to resign over the deepening detainee saga. The controversy stems from a ministerial direction issued in January last year, known as Direction 99, which has been linked to several legal decisions allowing foreign-born criminals to remain in Australia. Among these individuals is a rapist who attacked 25 women and a child. The Prime Minister has responded by revoking the deportation rule book. Giles was warned months after Labor was elected that up to 2800 cases could be impacted by the decision to soften section 501 visa cancellations. Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson has criticized the government's reversal on Direction 99, calling it a 'very serious and shocking admission of guilt.' The issue has been highlighted by journalists Simon Benson, Rhi Down, and PD Garvey.
Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson has declared the government's backflip on Direction 99 amid the ongoing visa debacle is a "very serious and shocking admission of guilt" from the Prime Minister and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles. https://t.co/WmLaqgumyw
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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles was warned months after Labor was elected that up to 2800 cases could be Βimpacted by its decision to soften section 501 visa cancellations, undermining his claim that judges had misinterpreted Direction 99. https://t.co/0dE6aWuZFC
Andrew Giles under fire as PM rips up deportation rule book https://t.co/dWQTnPBVyh
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles is under fire over a ministerial direction he issued in January last year that has been linked to several legal decisions to allow foreign-born criminals to stay in Australia. https://t.co/JVbLJknVIC
Pressure is piling on Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to resign over the deepening detainee saga, as it is revealed a rapist who attacked 25 women and a child was allowed to say in Australia under Direction 99. https://t.co/rm0Nn4ZRSR