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Potential offshore processing deal open to further legal challenge: expert

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The legislative changes required to allow the Malaysia deal to go ahead will be put to the parliament next week, and there is no sign so far that the Tony Abbott is prepared to support those changes.Professor Donald Rothwell, from the ANU college of law, says that the Malaysia deal could be beset by a series of further legal challenges. (Image by iambents on Flickr)

Despite strong opposition from parts of the Labor party today, the Julia Gillard has announced that the government will dig its heels in on the Malaysian solution. But that requires changes to the law, and one expert says that even after the changes, the plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia could fall foul of other existing laws that protect the rights of children.

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Monday, September 12 2011
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Featured in storyProfessor Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law at the Australian National University’s College of Law
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