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SUMMARY:Playing God: The Immigration Minister's Unrestrained Power
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are free\, but book early here\nWould you trust Peter Dutton to play God with your life? Discretionary ministerial powers in Australian migration law were originally established to prevent injustice. They were a tool to fix anomalies\, a safety net for extraordinary cases\, and a power to override the missteps of a blind bureaucracy. \nToday\, the Immigration Minister holds numerous discretionary powers that allow him to make substantial and lifelong decisions about the lives of vulnerable people. These powers lack transparency\, accountability and are not amenable to review by the courts. Originally the exception\, they have become the norm. \nLiberty Victoria’s Rights Advocacy Project (RAP) has found these powers allow a Minister to make a significant decision about a person’s life based on the Minister’s own satisfaction. The decisions are virtually unreviewable\, which leaves no avenue to correct mistakes. Moreover\, discretionary powers to make decisions ‘in the public interest’ have dramatically increased over the last 30 years. The courts have consistently acknowledged that what is in the public interest is a matter of political responsibility and entirely discretionary. So\, the Minister can decide whether to exercise his decision-making power and he defines what is in the public interest. \nThis event will examine the expansion of the Immigration Minister’s already broad\, discretionary powers and the erosion of the robust checks and balances that keep our government accountable. \nShould we really allow the Minister to play God with people’s lives? \nThe panel of speakers is: \nRoj Amedi – editor\, writer and strategist. \nChris Berg – commentator\, IPA fellow\, currently postdoctoral fellow at RMIT university. \nIan MacPhee – former immigration minister under Malcolm Fraser. \nCharlie Powles – senior supervising solicitor at Refugee Legal\, formal Tribunal member of the Migration Review Tribunal / Refugee Review Tribunal. \nJane Lee\, journalist\, will host the event. Jane’s work focuses on law reform\, politics\, access to justice and the criminal justice system. \n
URL:https://libertyvic.rightsadvocacy.org.au/event/playing-god-the-immigration-ministers-unrestrained-power/
LOCATION:Castan Centre for Human Rights Law\, 555 Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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