is it lawful for boarding school staff to search boarding students rooms

Australia
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is it lawful for boarding school staff to search boarding students rooms thoroughly without consent?

Not sure about the law in Australia but in the U.S. it is illegal.


Illegal Search and Seizure in the U.S. (including boarding schools)

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures..."

The expansion of police powers as part of the war on drugs has been one of the most significant challenges to the integrity of the Fourth Amendment.

In the context of the drug war, Fourth Amendment issues arise primarily from the search and/or seizure of people and their belongings in an effort to detect drugs and drug paraphernalia. Such searches and seizures take place on the streets, in cars, on public transportation, in homes, in the workplace and in schools - anywhere that people and drugs can be found.

[sandra]

See also...

School Administrator’s Reasonable Search (Case Law)