Forcing former detainees to wear ankle bracelets might be legally fraught as Australia looks to pay third countries to take those deemed a risk to community safety. Professor Twomey told AAP. This drops to a “substantial” risk of committing an offence of more than five years under the new regulations, making it easier for the minister to impose restrictions than the court. Immigration Minister Tony Burke has sought to work around a High Court ruling making it unlawful to put tracking devices on a cohort of released immigrants and subject them to curfews, tightening when the restrictions will apply. The regulations regarding ankle bracelets and curfews have been stamped by the governor-general, with the strengthened deportation laws introduced to the lower house. Under previous laws, the minister had to apply to a court and prove there was an “unacceptable” risk a person would commit an offence carrying a maximum seven-year prison sentence. Opening up a feasible option for their removal to a third country would circumvent the High Court’s edict against indefinite detention, the federal government argues. Asked about constitutional experts’ comments and if the updated regulations were a delaying tactic to keep restrictions while they’re again challenged in court, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said “lawyers have a lot of opinions”. They will need to clear the Senate in the final sitting fortnight at the end of November but can do so expeditiously with the support of the opposition, which has supported laws to crack down on the cohort in the past. Constitutional law expert Anne Twomey says the updated regulations are still vulnerable to a court challenge after the High Court previously struck out ministers applying punitive measures instead of the judiciary. There was the possibility they could withstand such a challenge but “if you’re asking yourself if they put in something (that) is clearly constitutionally valid, the answer is no”, she said. Of 215 immigration detainees released under a High Court ruling that invalidated indefinite detention, 143 were being monitored and 126 were subject to curfew as of mid-October. The immigration minister is also pushing to expand resettlement options in third countries by paying other nations to take members of the cohort, which would allow the Commonwealth to lock them back up when a deportation pathway appears. That the minister took powers a court could impose and lowered the bar made the “alarm bells get louder”, she said.

Tapas Strickland, head of market economics at NAB.

Nikkei up 0.1% in slow start, U.S. The Atlanta Fed’s influential GDP Now tracker has the U.S economy growing an annualised 2.5% in the first quarter, only a shade slower than the previous quarter. SYDNEY, April 24 (Reuters) – Asian shares started cautiously on Monday in a week packed with economic data and central bank meetings, along with earnings from the tech giants that have kept the S&P 500 afloat so far this year. Central banks in Canada and Sweden meet this week, but most attention will be on the Bank of Japan for the first meeting chaired by its new governor, Kazuo Ueda. 12 cents to $77.75 per barrel. Markets are pricing in an 89% chance the Federal Reserve will hike rates by a quarter point at its meeting in the first week of May, and fully expects a similar hike from the European Central Bank with some risk of a half-point move. Tapas Strickland, head of market economics at NAB. The euro also edged up to $1.0992 and nearer its recent one-year peak of $1.1075. Oil prices also lost ground last week, though planned production cuts from OPEC offer some support. Early action was sluggish in the wake of Friday’s surprisingly strong surveys of business activity which reinforced the case for higher interest rates. Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp alone have accounted for nearly half of the S&P 500’s gains through March, so there is much riding on their outlooks. Figures on U.S. wages and economic growth due this week will likely reinforce the case for further tightening. Only three out of 27 economists polled by Reuters expect the BOJ to start to scale-back its yield curve control policy (YCC) this soon, but there are reports the central bank is considering conducting a comprehensive review of the impact of its easing. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures both eased 0.2% ahead of a busy week of earnings. A higher dollar and bond yields have been a burden for gold, which shed 1.2% last week and was last lying at $1,984 an ounce . Weak tax receipts mean the government could run out of money earlier than expected, and the risk of default has seen a rise in U.S. The divergence in policy between Japan and the rest of the developed world has seen the yen weaken steadily in the last few weeks, with the euro in particular hitting a six-month high. The U.S. House of Representatives could this week vote on a Republican plan to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. Brent eased 9 cents on Monday to $81.57 a barrel, while U.S.

There’s no sign of them wearing twinset cardigans just yet, but strings of pearls have become an unlikely hit – with young men. And celebrities such as David Beckham’s model son Cruz and divers Tom Daley and Matty Lee have also been seen in them. Men always used to wear pearls – think of the Restoration, the time of Charles II. Styles has led the way rebranding pearls as an accessory for men in fashion shoots. And, as global stars such as Harry Styles, Lewis Hamilton and Justin Bieber drive more flamboyant fashion styles, high street stores and vintage resellers are cashing in. Selfridges and John Lewis are specifically targeting the men’s market with pearl necklaces, while Zara, H&M and Urban Outfitters say growing numbers of male customers are browsing their jewellery displays. Selfridges and John Lewis are specifically targeting the men’s market with pearl necklaces, while Zara, H&M and Urban Outfitters say growing numbers of male customers are browsing their jewellery displays. Depop, the secondhand fashion app, has reported a 55 per cent increase for searches for ‘men’s pearls’ in the past month. Former Vogue editor and Mail On Sunday columnist Alexandra Shulman said: ‘Men look amazing in pearls. It’s not just the influence of Styles.

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Victims of a retired professor turned jewel thief are outraged over the light plea deal he was offered that allows him to attend his daughter’s wedding in Italy. Charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property were dropped as part of the plea deal, the Post reported. It’s appalling that a serial thief gets away with so little punishment,’ Sandra Vreeland Zwollo, Vreeland’s wife, told the outlet. Lawrence Gray, 80, made headlines in 2022 when the sons of his late wealthy socialite girlfriend Jacqueline Quillen accused him of selling dozens of her valuables. The terms of the agreement state that in exchange for his guilty plea and an initial payment of $15,000, prosecutors will return Gray’s passport to him ‘for the sole purpose’ of attending his daughter’s wedding in Italy in October ‘as well as the wedding reception’ in November. Gray initially maintained his innocence but the former political science professor took a plea deal on September 24 and agreed to pay $55,850 in restitution to four people, including Frederick Vreeland, a former US ambassador, so that law enforcement would give him his passport back, reported The Washington Post. I could get the passport back was to accept the plea,’ Gray told The Post. 80 years old and he didn’t want to drag it out. I’m sure Larry continues to believe himself innocent and that this is only a formality in order to attend his daughter’s wedding in Italy,’ she added.

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According to the Manhattan DA’s office, Gray sold pieces of Buccellati jewelry, including a gold, silver, and diamond pendant brooch, a pair of silver, gold, and diamond pendant earrings, as well as two color gold, cabochon ruby and diamond compacts. It’s a pittance,’ Herrick said of the plea deal. The other pieces included a Verdura platinum, diamond, and sapphire brooch, a pair of Oscar Heyman Brothers sapphire, emerald and diamond earclips, a Van Cleef & Arpels gold, cabochon ruby and diamond ring and a 19th century English pocket watch. He was charged by officials in Rhode Island and took a plea of no contest on October 8 and was ordered to pay Herrick $22,500. As part of the New York deal, Gray has to pay $22,500 to Nannette Herrick, who said he stole a $32,000 diamond and sapphire brooch from her home in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2016 when he stayed as a guest for a wedding. Herrick told the Post she recalled Gray wandering near her bathroom during the stay. She said the brooch was a gift her husband gave her on their first wedding anniversary 54 years ago and nothing can replace its sentimental value. He is revolting, I don’t think he’s remotely sorry for anything,’ Herrick said. He said he was looking for a bathroom.