Plaintiff M68/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] HCA 1
What was at stake
Constitutional validity of the Commonwealth's participation in and funding of the detention of asylum seekers at the Nauru Regional Processing Centre.
What the court decided
The Commonwealth's conduct in procuring and funding the Nauru detention was authorised by s198AHA of the Migration Act and was constitutionally valid. Offshore detention upheld under Australian law, the direct counterpoint to Namah v Pato in PNG.
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