By: Kishor Dere

Kishor Dere — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:23:55 +0000

Many thanks to the High Court of Australia for delivering such a wonderful judgment that “indigenous Australians cannot be deported”. Response of Australian Government to this decision is also noteworthy. The Government’s view that the HCA left open the question of whether the Australian Parliament could restrict or modify indigenous connection to land and waters by statute. The Govt. also clarified that it may seek to rely on a different constitutional basis to legislate for the deportation of indigenous non-citizens. As this debate keeps getting enriched by diametrically opposite arguments, the gulf between the views of judiciary and those of government and parliament could be substantially narrowed.

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By: Kishor Dere