Haneef was detained under the Migration Act for the purposes of indefinite detention when the executive did not get the judicial ruling it wanted. This is classic exception governance which is outside the rule of law. This makes it repugnant to republicanism and liberal democracy; and consequently incompatible with them. Repudiation of the rule of law has follow on effects too.
The globe for skilled workers is the best it has ever been. Courtesy of globalisation, skilled workers are in demand everywhere, the main issue is getting around the nationalistic restrictions on the movement of labor which hinder the free movement of labor. Australia is just one nation competing for these skilled workers and governance plays a role in how professionals judge the appeal of a nation. For instance, as an extreme example, I am sure Zimbabwe would love my skills in their economy but no matter how much I got payed in that labor market there is no way I would work there. State of exception governance has rotted that nation to uncompetitiveness.
From the article:
The number of overseas doctors seeking to work in Australia has fallen 90 per cent because of the federal government's handling of the case against former suspected terrorism supporter Mohamed Haneef, a medical association warns.The article does not determine there is causation or correlation in these figures and just quotes what the AMA states. However I would not be surprised if Indian medical professionals are now wary of Australian governance. Good governance should never be traded for the continuance of power or for an electoral ploy. The last five years has seen this occur far too often. Dissappointingly so.
