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Security alert over Phelps Bill

 Australia's intelligence agencies are reportedly facing their first major review in five years. (AAP)

A journalist from the Australian Associated Press Source: AAP Image/Dan Peled

ASIO is concerned about compromising border security because of the new Phelps Bill which puts the fate of sick refugees in Nauru and Manus in the hands of doctors instead of the government.



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