00:01The case was brought to the High Court by a Papua New Guinea citizen who argued he shouldn't
00:08have to live under a curfew or wear an electronic monitoring device.
00:12The man was in indefinite immigration detention after serving jail time for murder and family
00:19violence offences.
00:21After the High Court found indefinite immigration detention was illegal, the government had
00:27to release many detainees, including some who had committed serious crimes.
00:32A regime was set up in the name of public safety to monitor some in the group.
00:38But the High Court found curfews and ankle bracelets were a punishment that under the Constitution
00:44could only be imposed by a court.
00:47The government responded with a new framework to impose the monitoring, but that too has
00:53been rejected.
00:53The Immigration Minister Tony Burke has played down the loss, saying it's fortunate Australia
01:00has an agreement with Nauru to take those whose visas have been cancelled.
01:05But the Australian Lawyers Alliance says today's ruling is a win for the rule of law and that
01:12it's a message to governments to stay away from the role of the courts.
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