Commonwealth denied costs in class action by detained asylum seekers

Chief Justice Debra Mortimer 2018-11-20 9:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh | Melbourne

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The scope of the government’s power to detain individuals is “a matter of considerable public importance”, a judge has said, shooting down the Commonwealth’s bid for costs after it won the dismissal of a class action brought on behalf of asylum seekers who allege they were unlawfully imprisoned in Australian immigration detention centres.

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