Peter Dutton abandons detention centre secrecy rules amid High Court challenge

By Adam Gartrell
Updated August 14 2017 - 10:13am, first published 10:09am

The Turnbull government has quietly abandoned strict secrecy provisions governing Australia's immigration detention system, in a major victory for refugee advocates who challenged the laws in the High Court.

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