People smuggler laws under fire

The Greens will introduce a bill into Parliament next month to end mandatory five-year jail terms for Indonesian fishermen caught up in people smuggling rackets, Gareth Boreham reports.

The Greens will introduce a bill into Parliament next month to end mandatory five-year jail terms for Indonesian fishermen caught up in people smuggling rackets.

Legal experts claim the laws harshly target the most vulnerable, and are ineffective.

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