Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As the statement tabled by the Attorney-General earlier this week makes crystal clear, the decision set a new limit on the power the executive has to detain anyone in the same position as the plaintiff—anyone in the same position as the plaintiff—and, further, that that had to be implemented immediately. That is the case. That is the law—a law that was unequivocally confirmed by the written decisions delivered by the court.

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