A New Zealander with convictions for sexually abusing his daughter will be deported from Australia because he poses an unacceptable risk to Australian citizens.
The man, who cannot be named, is serving a prison sentence of 8½ years in Melbourne after pleading guilty to five charges of incest and a charge of performing an indecent act on a girl under 16.
His mother, brothers and sisters, as well as his fiancee and a second daughter all live in Australia.
Having lived in Australia since 1985, the man, 48, will be sent back to New Zealand because a tribunal has upheld a decision to revoke his visa.
The tribunal made its decision despite finding he has a relatively low chance of reoffending.
At a hearing before the tribunal, the man referred to Australia's obligations to refugees.
He said he feared for his life because he had left New Zealand in a bid to get away from a gang.
But the tribunal found he had made numerous trips to visit family members since leaving in 1985 and there were no grounds for his concern.
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Justice Minister Judith Collins said Australia is doing just what New Zealand would do by deporting him.
She said he is a very serious criminal who will be monitored when he arrives.
Prison Reform Society chair Peter Williams QC says isolating the man from his support network will make it harder for him to rehabilitate into society.
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is renewing calls for an official sex-offenders register in new Zealand.
Spokesperson Garth McVicar said an assurance of monitoring simply does not go far enough.
