O’Neil said the reason a “second cohort” had been released in addition to the initial 93 was that “we have received advice that this all needs to apply to people who have some kind of legal matter on foot with the commonwealth”.
“So for people, for example, who might be appealing an aspect of minister Giles’ decision-making – those people, we have been advised, we are also required to release.”
“The entire detention cohort has been assessed against the criteria,” she said. “What now awaits us is a period where the reasons for the decisions will be released by the high court.”