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| Anti-abortion activist Troy Newman to be deported after losing legal bid | |
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| The American anti-abortion activist Troy Newman has lost his legal bidto stop his deportation from Australia, after he arrived in thecountry without a valid visa. | The American anti-abortion activist Troy Newman has lost his legal bidto stop his deportation from Australia, after he arrived in thecountry without a valid visa. |
| Newman will also have to pay the Commonwealth’s legal costs. | Newman will also have to pay the Commonwealth’s legal costs. |
| In making his decision in the high court in Melbourne on Friday, Justice Geoffrey Nettle highlighted Newman’s “consummate disregard” for Australian laws, by travelling to Australia with knowledge that his visa had been cancelled. | In making his decision in the high court in Melbourne on Friday, Justice Geoffrey Nettle highlighted Newman’s “consummate disregard” for Australian laws, by travelling to Australia with knowledge that his visa had been cancelled. |
| “He does not come to this court with clean hands,” Nettle said. | “He does not come to this court with clean hands,” Nettle said. |
| Newman could be deported as early as 6pm on Friday. | Newman could be deported as early as 6pm on Friday. |
| Newman, also known as Newman-Mariotti, won a 24-hour reprieve from deportation on Thursday night, when the high court ordered that he could not be removed from the country until the case was heard the following day. | Newman, also known as Newman-Mariotti, won a 24-hour reprieve from deportation on Thursday night, when the high court ordered that he could not be removed from the country until the case was heard the following day. |
| Newman had been due to start a 10-day speaking tour of Australia on Thursday, but his visa was cancelled on Tuesday, before he flew out of the US, after it emerged that Newman had advocated that abortion doctors in the US be tried as murderers, potentially opening them up to execution. | Newman had been due to start a 10-day speaking tour of Australia on Thursday, but his visa was cancelled on Tuesday, before he flew out of the US, after it emerged that Newman had advocated that abortion doctors in the US be tried as murderers, potentially opening them up to execution. |
| The visa was cancelled under section 128 of the Migration Act, which grants the immigration minister the power to cancel a non-citizen’s visa if there are concerns for community safety and good order. | The visa was cancelled under section 128 of the Migration Act, which grants the immigration minister the power to cancel a non-citizen’s visa if there are concerns for community safety and good order. |
| Despite not holding a valid visa, Newman flew from Los Angeles to Melbourne, arriving early on Thursday morning. He was detained by border force officials on his arrival in Australia. | Despite not holding a valid visa, Newman flew from Los Angeles to Melbourne, arriving early on Thursday morning. He was detained by border force officials on his arrival in Australia. |
| United Airlines is undertaking an internal review into how a passenger boarded one of its flights without a valid visa. The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, said it would be fined. | |