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Doctors to decide if asylum seekers are treated in Australia as 'medivac' bill becomes law

Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale during debate on the Medical Evacuation Bill in the Senate

گرینز پارٹی سربراہ رچرڈ ڈی نتالی کی سینیٹ میں گفتگو Source: AAP

Doctors will now have more power to decide whether asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru should come to Australia for medical treatment after the passage of a medical evacuation bill through the Senate. The Federal Government says the bill weakens Australia's border protection laws and could see more people try to come to Australia by boat. But Labor, the Greens and key independents dispute that.


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By Greg Dyett

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Doctors will now have more power to decide whether asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru should come to Australia for medical treatment after the passage of a medical evacuation bill through the Senate. The Federal Government says the bill weakens Australia's border protection laws and could see more people try to come to Australia by boat. But Labor, the Greens and key independents dispute that.


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