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Nauru medical transfer bill passes in the Senate 31-28 but won’t go to the lower house until 2019. .drkerrynphelps: We need to take decisions about medical transfers out of the hands of bureaucrats and put them in the hands of clinicians. MORE: Speers

 

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Australia must care for sick asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru: Burke | Sky News AustraliaLabor frontbencher Tony Burke says the government's opposition to streamlining medical transfers for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru is 'extraordinary.'\n\nLabor is supporting a bill that would see doctors play a much greater role in deciding whether a refugee should be medically evacuated to Australia.\n\nThe bill passed the Senate last week, and could have the numbers to pass the House of Representatives when it next sits in February.\n\nThe Coalition has slammed the proposal, saying it jeopardizes Australia's strong border protection policies.\n\nMr Burke has told Sky News Political Editor David Speers it's concerning that the government is using 'unsubstantiated' national security concerns to deny a sick asylum seeker medical treatment.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia ShayneNeumannMP Yeah, just let them die hey, you pple are monsters. ShayneNeumannMP And the AAT will let them stay! ShayneNeumannMP Seriously...? Already happened once under Labor/Rudd
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Government attempting to delay Nauru transfer bill | Sky News AustraliaThe government is attempting to stymie a Labor-led bill that will streamline medical evacuations from detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.\n\nThe bill, which is currently before the Senate, would see doctors play a much greater role in deciding whether a refugee should be medically evacuated to Australia.\n\nAmid concerns the government could face an embarrassing loss in the lower house over the amendments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters he intends to never let the amendments ‘see the light of day’.\n\nMr Morrison has warned he will ‘shut down parliament’ to ensure the bill does not pass the upper house.\n\nImage: News Corp billshortenmp you watch the illegal boats in Indonesia start up if he wins the next election billshortenmp Blah blah blah big Boob Billy boy. You and your head nodders behind you have been stalling all week and so the LNP tell you to stick it in your arse so now like the leach you are jump up and start big noteing how your prepared to get it done. Give me a break. billshortenmp For the love of god ... go home and stay home the less the whole lot of you - labor and libs in Canberra the less damage you can do
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Labor aimed for ‘maximum embarrassment’ with Nauru bill | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Paul Murray says the push to pass a bill to streamline medical evacuations from Nauru and Manus Island was about achieving ‘maximum embarrassment’ for the government, for 'no actual change'.\n\nHad the bill successfully passed the lower house after passing the Senate 31-28, it would have been the first time the government had lost the vote on a piece of legislation since 1911.\n\nAmendments to the bill put forward by Independent Kerryn Phelps ensured that ministers would still have the final say on who leaves offshore detention, which Mr Murray says neuters what the Greens and the crossbench were trying to achieve with the legislation.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n billshortenmp Weasel words. billshortenmp Reading off his list of questions given to him by the media Such BIAS LEFT media coverage during the day & they let him get away with it outsiders credlin LiberalAus theboltreport No hard questions about refugees TURNED it off SkyNewsNow billshortenmp Another dose of double dutch
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Labor defends stance on Nauru medical transfer bill | Sky News AustraliaThe opposition party has defended its approach to the medical transfer of asylum seekers held on Nauru and Manus Island. \n\nLabor is supporting a bill that will enable asylum seekers in detention centres to be transferred more easily for medical reasons after voting for the legislation in the Senate. \n\nThe federal government has slammed the Labor Party over its position, saying the bill will weaken the nation’s border protection. \n\nThe Coalition will vote on the bill when Parliament resumes in February after it narrowly avoided a historic loss in the House of Representatives.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n JimMolan the left can't help themselves when they see Moslems and brown people, the tears of compassion flow and screams of 'let them in' JimMolan vote1molan below the line JimMolan
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Labor-backed Nauru bill ‘recipe to restart the boats’: Dutton | Sky News AustraliaHome Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says a Labor-backed bill to speed up medical transfers for asylum seekers on offshore detention centres is a ‘recipe to restart the boats’. \n\nASIO has warned the government potentially violent asylum seekers could be cleared for entry into Australia under the policy. \n\nThe Coalition has criticised the bill, saying it will weaken the nation’s border protection. \n\nSpeaking to Sky News, Mr Dutton has slammed the opposition leader stating Bill Shorten doesn’t understand what he is proposing. \n\n\n PeterDutton_MP Bullshit Auspol PeterDutton_MP Funny how they're not going after the back benchers too.... PeterDutton_MP We all know that Labor/Greens policy is to LetThemIn BringThemHere auspol
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Unelected doctors 'shouldn't decide' who comes to Australia | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Liberal MP Luke Howarth says the Labor-backed bill to fast-track medical transfers to Australia for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru will 'dismantle' the border protection policy.\n\nUnder legislation currently before parliament, if two or more treating doctors advise a patient should be transferred to Australia, the Immigration Minister must immediately decide whether they should be allowed to travel to the mainland.\n\nMr Howarth has told Sky News that Australians are happy with the current situation and don't endorse weakening the nation's border protection policy. He's like that kid at school always hanging around ' the cool kids ' trying to be accepted
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