Labor's deportation bill, aimed at tightening immigration laws, faced Senate opposition and criticism for potentially blacklisting entire countries' citizens from obtaining visas to Australia. The bill also raised concerns about stripping refugees of protection and imposing travel bans on countries. The Coalition and Greens collaborated to block the bill, leading to limited options for Labor in response to legal challenges and fears of releasing more detainees.
Entire groups from black-listed countries could still enter Australia under Labor’s emergency plan to regain control of migration law, prompting warnings the exemptions could undermine attempts to pressure countries such as Iran to take back its citizens. https://t.co/A9amkeSFGe
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has criticised the Opposition and the Greens for refusing to support the Albanese government’s proposed emergency migration laws. https://t.co/3a9tbbFP6h
Greens Senator David Shoebridge has doubled down on his party's move to team up with the Coalition to block Labor's "incredibly undercooked" deportation bill, claiming the new legislation will "punish diaspora communities" across Australia. https://t.co/xCbuiJ5Qt2
David Shoebridge claims Labor’s ‘incredibly undercooked’ deportation bill will ‘punish diaspora communities’ | Sky News Australia https://t.co/eS9zi6gyy2
Labor is seeking new powers that could see travel bans imposed on countries that refuse to accept back immigration detainees Australia seeks to deport, but Penny Wong says any attempt to use the powers would have to go through her. https://t.co/dFsDT9LEp0
Penny Wong addresses contentious elements of Labor’s new deportation bill which could allow for potential ban on citizens from ‘removal concern countries’ | Sky News Australia https://t.co/3Zo8QBrVwc
A former Howard government MP says Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil or Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has to be removed by Anthony Albanese after Labor's last-minute migration bill was blocked, as fears grow another 150 detainees could be freed. https://t.co/zrvZQeL159
Labor’s failed bid to rush new deportation laws through parliament has limited its options to respond to a looming High Court challenge seeking to trigger the release of another cohort of immigration detainees. FULL STORY: https://t.co/cM8Qw14RLq. https://t.co/my0W5L8DkS
Refugees risk being stripped of protection under ‘draconian’ Labor deportation bill, opponents say https://t.co/fqHIqDIeOK
Trump style immigration laws buried in Labor’s deportation bill. They are designed to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia. Thankfully we pushed this back from the brink with a Senate inquiry but the threat’s still real. https://t.co/tVK1b4aZtg
Labor’s deportation bill could be used to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia https://t.co/IzEACnk86k
Labor’s deportation bill fails to pass Senate in ‘almighty backfire’ as Coalition and Greens team up https://t.co/3zfnqcGK6Q