Australian bikie brothers face deportation to New Zealand after losing court appeal
Two brothers who co-founded a now-outlawed bikie gang - and helped lead the crusade against South Australia's anti-gang laws - face being deported to New Zealand after losing a bid to stop their visas being cancelled.
Tom and Perry Mackie migrated from New Zealand in the 1970s and were founding members of the Descendants - a motorcycle group now outlawed under South Australia's anti-bikie laws.
Former home affairs minister Peter Dutton cancelled their visas declaring it was in the national interest.
A Federal Court judge threw out the brothers' bid to overturn that decision last year.
On Friday the Full Court of the Federal Court dismissed another appeal.
While lawyers for the men did not dispute that the brothers did not meet the Migration Act's character test, they argued ...