Human Rights Committee finds Australian immigration proposals violate international law

By Sarah Whyte
Updated November 2 2014 - 9:13am, first published 8:46am
Critical: Chair of the parliamentary committee into human rights, Senator Dean Smith. Photo: Andrew Meares
Critical: Chair of the parliamentary committee into human rights, Senator Dean Smith. Photo: Andrew Meares

Proposed Abbott government changes to the Migration Act are incompatible with Australia's human rights obligations, says a parliamentary committee on human rights chaired by a Liberal senator.