Thursday 4 February 2021

Expelling people on character

After the High Court stopped an application to cancel a visa, I did some checking of the relevant piece of legislation, which is Section 501 of the Migration Act 1958. 

From http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ma1958118/s501.html, Section 6: 

(c)  having regard to either or both of the following:

(i)  the person's past and present criminal conduct;
(ii)  the person's past and present general conduct;

     the person is not of good character; or


(d)  in the event the person were allowed to enter or to remain in Australia, there is a risk that the person would:

(i)  engage in criminal conduct in Australia; or
(ii)  harass, molest, intimidate or stalk another person in Australia; or
(iii)  vilify a segment of the Australian community; or
(iv)  incite discord in the Australian community or in a segment of that community; or
(v)  represent a danger to the Australian community or to a segment of that community, whether by way of being liable to become involved in activities that are disruptive to, or in violence threatening harm to, that community or segment, or in any other way; or

That pretty much says the Minister has the power to expel people who are inflammatory bigots . . .

I'll have to keep that in mind.

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