Mrs. O'Keefe Still Fights Back At Government
Received Wednesdav, 7.30 p.m. MFLBOURNE, July 13.. The riglit of tlie' Uoniniouwealtli Goveruruent to deport Mrs. Annie O'Keefe under amcnded legislation, was challenged by a writ issinMl out of tlie Higli Court todav. Mrs. O'Keefe is the lndoriesian wife /©f an Australian living in a Melbounie suburb and tlie widow of an Indonesian sclioolmaster vvlio was killed in an aireraft accident during tlie war wliile serving Allied (Tovernments. Tlie new legislation, which received tlie assent of tlie Govevnor-General, Mr. ARKell, yesterdav, purports to give tlie Connnonvvealth power to make an order for tlie deportation of any wartinie refugee. Tlie legislation followed a recent judgment of the full Higli Cou,rt, holding tliat Mrs. O'Keefe could not be deported. Today 's writ against the jMipister of lmmigration, Mr. Calwell, and Uommonwealtli, claims tliat Mrs. O 'Iveefe is a British subject and an Australian eitizen witliin the meaning of the National Citizenship Act, 194S.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 July 1949, Page 7
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