was completed. throughout the pandemic australia has had some of the strictest border measures in the world and a new law which takes effect next week is set to tighten things up further. australians who ordinarily live overseas will now have to apply for an exemption to leave their home country meaning that some citizens could get trapped in australia if they come back to visit. let s speak to professor kim rubenstien an expert in australian citizenship law. shejoins us now from canberra. thank you very much for being with us. can you talk us through this new law? what is it? it starts through this new law? what is it? it starts from through this new law? what is it? it starts from a through this new law? what is it? it starts from a base - through this new law? what is| it? it starts from a base where the government introduced early on in the bio security act, a restriction on all australian citizens, except for those who permanently lived outside the country, from leaving
leave unless you have an exemption. but what had been in place is if you ordinarily lived outside the country you would not need to apply for that exemption. this change will effectively mean that no matter where you live in the world, once you are in australia you are formally trapped and you need an exemption to leave. what are the le . al exemption to leave. what are the legal mechanics exemption to leave. what are the legal mechanics for - exemption to leave. what are the legal mechanics for this i the legal mechanics for this law being enforced? is this emergency legislation or has passed through parliament? the actual passed through parliament? tue actual framework, passed through parliament? tte actual framework, the passed through parliament? ttj: actual framework, the overall framework is the bio security act and it gives the health minister power to make determinations in order to facilitate the health and well being of the country. what is interesting is that within that a