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Tuesday 13 October 2026

Court backs minister's override in Brenton Morgan visa case

A tribunal gave back the visa of a New Zealand citizen jailed for drug trafficking. The Assistant Minister cancelled it again, and the court backed him.

Bel McRae Tuesday 13 October 2026, open calendar4 min read

Parliament House, Canberra. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), resized.

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The Federal Court has upheld a decision by the Assistant Minister for Immigration to overrule a tribunal and cancel the visa of a New Zealand citizen jailed for trafficking a large commercial quantity of drugs.

Parliament House in Canberra under a partly cloudy sky, with the flagpole above the main entrance — Parliament House, Canberra. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), resized.

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Bel McRae Tuesday 13 October 2026 at 7:26 pm Adelaide, open calendar4 min read

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