Labor’s rushed immigration policy led to ‘errors’: Graham Richardson

Former Labor senator Graham Richardson discusses the High Court’s decision to dismiss the case brought forward by a man under the pseudonym ASF17 who had requested to be released from immigration detention. The High Court of Australia handed down a unanimous decision stating a non-citizen who has no right to stay in the country and refuses to cooperate with their removal can remain in immigration detention indefinitely. “I think that ruling was probably expected I don’t think anyone has been terribly shocked,” Mr Richardson told Sky News Australia. “I don’t think governments have an excuse to not act on this quickly.” When asked whether the Albanese government rushed through its immigration policy, Mr Richardson said, “I don’t think there was a need to rush it at the rate they tried to do, and whenever you do that, you’re going to make some errors.”