Behrouz said the new Labor government had 'shown off' in the media, but had not fundamentally changed anything for asylum seekers.
The writer pointed to a $420 million to manage Nauru, issued to a US company accused of human rights abuses, as an avenue for the commission to pursue.
Mr Boochani said, while the new government had "shown off" in the media, nothing had fundamentally changed for asylum seekers in Australia since it took office.Source:Ms Daniel, one of a number of crossbench MPs flanking the writer, described the government's approach to asylum seekers as "very bitsy, very slow".
Mr Boochani also urged Labor to back a Greens bill which would offer around 150 people still in Nauru and PNG an immediate evacuation.
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