Oppn urges crackdown on all visa holders

The federal coalition has rubbished the government's bid to crack down on ill-behaved detainees, saying its new draft laws don't go far enough.
But the coalition nevertheless wants the changes to apply to all visa holders, potentially costing them their stay in Australia should they be convicted of a crime.
Under legislation currently before the lower house, any detainee convicted of a criminal offence may be refused a visa or have their visa cancelled.
Even if they're declared a genuine refugee and can't be sent home, they'll only be given a temporary visa.
The move was first flagged last month by Immigration Minister Chris Bowen in response to riots at Christmas Island and Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre.
Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison on Monday said the government wasn't serious about getting tough on detainees, having failed to amend laws regarding their "general conduct".
But he did say he was supportive of the new measures, and urged that they be applied more broadly to anyone holding a visa in Australia.
"If you want to toughen the (character) test, don't just apply it to detention centres," Mr Morrison told the parliament.
"(It seems) it's okay for someone to whack someone over the head down at Northies or at the Coogee Bay Hotel and get a conviction of less than 12 months and they can go on their merry way.
"But there should be one rule on one side of the fence and on the other side of the fence."
Government backbencher Graham Perrett backed the changes and said they sent a clear message to those in detention that bad behaviour would not be tolerated.
Under the legislation, the government is also increasing the penalty for detainees who've made, possessed, used or distributed a weapon, from a maximum three to five years.
Another coalition frontbencher Bob Baldwin was otherwise unimpressed with the government's efforts.
"The person who is failing the character test that he's putting forward is in fact the minister himself," he said.