IMMIGRATION LAWS
Australian. Amendments Canberra, April 10. Following the High Court’s decision against the Commonwealth in the Gerald Griffin case, by which Griffin’s conviction as a prohibited immigrant was quashed, amending immigration legislation is being introduced in Ihe Senate. Senator Brennan said: "It is well known that up to a few years ago there were powerful organisations engaged in smuggling aliens into Australia. The object of the Bill is to plug the loopholes in the existing legislation revealed by Griffin’s successful appeal.” Senator Brennan said that the Bill would throw upon the accused person the onus of proving he was not a prohibited immigrant. It was not aimed at Griffin, but would apply particularly to Asiatics smuggled ashore, many of them at Australia’s northern gate. If Griffin behaved himself no further action would be taken against him.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 167, 11 April 1935, Page 7
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