Bill
Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2022
lapsed, as at 2023-03-06.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Wilkie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-08-01
- second reading — 2022-08-01
- other — 2023-03-06
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-08-01.
The bill would make immigration detention the last resort for non-citizens and refugees, requiring it to be lawful, necessary, proportionate and as short as possible.
It would end mandatory detention, dismantle offshore detention policies, and require independent monitoring of detention conditions and independent oversight of all decisions.
The bill would implement several international human rights treaties into Australian domestic law, including the Refugee Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Make alternatives to detention the preferred option in almost all cases.
- Require immigration detention to meet standards of lawfulness, necessity and proportionality.
- End mandatory detention and dismantle offshore detention policies.
Non-citizens and refugees in immigration detention or under Australia's custodial responsibility.
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