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Exclusive: A violent British national who was convicted of attacking his pregnant partner and her children is now being deported from Australia.
Terry Phillips was allowed to move to Queensland on a community corrections order after pleading guilty to a long list of charges relating to his former partner Nadine Hams, her children and another female victim.
Phillips, 41, was sentenced to nine months and 21 days behind bars and upon release in Victoria he was placed on a 15-month community corrections order.
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He applied to serve the rest of his sentence in Mackay, where Hams previously said he was allowed to roam "free".
"[He's been] working in mines, making a fortune, no curfews, the address he had down with the corrections officer wasn't even where he was living," Hams told 9News at the time.
"Just a free man."
After Hams pleaded with the Australian government to deport him back to the UK, she received a surprise call from Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.
Burke personally told Hams the government had cancelled Phillips' visa.
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"I had a meltdown in the car, I was hysterical crying and beside myself because I thought, you know, I didn't really think it would happen," Hams told 9News.
"I was lost for words actually… I just thanked him and thanked him."
Phillips is now awaiting deportation back to the UK after being picked up by border force officials.
It could take weeks or even months now for him to leave the country.
Hams spent two years campaigning to get her abusive ex-partner kicked out of the country.
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"It was kind of a miracle that it actually happened, yeah, cos I wasn't gonna give up," she added.
"It wasn't just for me, it was for past girlfriends and things like that that made me fight harder, not everyone has the courage to come forward so it became a fight for all of us."
Burke told 9News that anyone living in Australia on a visa should be expected to abide by the law.
"If someone's on a visa I expect them to treat Australians with respect and when they don't I check against the Migration Act and see if there are grounds for cancellation, and if there are you can leave," Burke said.
There are now calls for a national family violence register to monitor high-risk offenders.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
