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War-time Refugees Removal Act 1949

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144:, was a strong supporter of the White Australia policy, and claimed that the High Court's decision would lead to a "mongrel Australia". The government wished to expel the 800 or so foreign non-whites who had entered Australia during World War II, and formulated a new act to eliminate the loopholes that the High Court case had uncovered. The new act, which came into force in July 1949, "empowered the minister to force any person to depart the country who had been allowed to enter as a result of the war and had not since left". Calwell made extensive use of his new powers up until the 30: 160:, opposed the White Australia policy and declined to make use of the act's provisions, accepting the refugees as a "wartime legacy". His successors did the same, and the act was eventually formally repealed by the 271: 194: 117:
in July 1949, in order to give the federal government the explicit authority to deport non-white foreigners who had arrived in Australia during World War II.
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An Act to provide for the Removal from Australia of certain Persons who entered Australia during the Period of Hostilities.
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decision that found in favour of an Indonesian woman, Annie O'Keefe, who had been issued a deportation order under the
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was a piece of Australian legislation that formed part of the
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Gone with hardly a trace: deportees in immigration policy
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Parliament of Australia
Long title
Arthur Calwell
Repealed
White Australia policy
Chifley government
O'Keefe v Calwell
High Court
Aliens Deportation Act 1948
Minister for Immigration
Arthur Calwell
December 1949 federal election
Labor
Harold Holt
Menzies government
Immigration Restriction Act 1901
Hansard, 1 June 1949


War-time Refugees Removal Act 1949
Gone with hardly a trace: deportees in immigration policy
Categories
1949 in Australian law
History of immigration to Australia
Australian migration law
Immigration legislation
Repealed Acts of the Parliament of Australia
White Australia policy

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