Our deportion law requires that the Australian community is protected from those non-citizens who have seriously abused the privilege of residence accorded to them by the Australian community. On the face of it that is perfectly reasonable. The roots of the current controversy was prompted by people being deported who had lived most of their lives in Australia.
To me deporting those people is basically passing the buck. We have accept the same responsibility for them as we have for any citizen.

That deportation law, just like any other law, is meant, and always was, to protect the political ruling class - not "the Australian community", which they have neither will nor capability to protect.

The people in question are criminal scum, who should never have been here in the first place; if we had decent, competent government they would not have been here in the the first place. If we had decent, competent courts, they would have been gone by now.

The responsibility of government is not to these scumbags: it is to Australia and Australians.

The startled-looking fool posing as immigration minister should have been sacked by that gutless wonder, Albanese, long ago.

To me deporting those people is basically passing the buck.
Baygon,
To me & those who care it is proactive ! Those who wish to help those who reject help but demand compassion without having compassion themselves the option is to go to the source of the problem & curb the problem. To wait for a problem to develop & then invite it in is sheer lunacy. By all means if someone needs help, provide it however, by waiving responsibility & discipline you get what we're facing now. These people don't need help they just want everyone else bow to their whims & of those who facilitated to these shores ! I ask, how many are actual genuine refugees ?

Hi BAYGON,

I wasn't aware that there was any "deportation hysteria."
But I've been focusing on other news stories. On the
Middle-East Conflict, the American election, and so on.

I was aware the people could be removed from Australia who
didn't have a valid visa to be here. And that there were
many grounds for deportation ranging from over staying after
your visa has expired to entering the country without a
visa, to lying and misrepresentation or breaking a condition of
your visa, to having a cancelled visa, to criminal offences,
failing the "character test," and so on.

Anyway, I always took for granted that deportation was a
serious measure and was only done as a
last resort and done with good reaswon.

Was I wrong?

My husband has just filled me in on the details
of the mistakes that were made by the Home
Affairs Department - in releasing some criminals
into our society in error and having their
deportations cancelled due to a new directive.

The PM has asked the law to be re-directed so that
our community will be protected from this happening
again. The Minister has been instructed to take care
of this matter.