Attorney General cporterwa says the medivac bill that passed parliament this week would allow people convicted of a serious criminal offence to travel to Australia for medical treatment.
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Bill Shorten is in for ‘a humiliating backdown’ on medivac bill | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Andrew Bolt says Labor leader Bill Shorten in for ‘a humiliating backdown’ on the medivac bill to give doctors the final say on who can be flown in to Australia for medical examination.\n\nMr Bolt says that ‘activist doctors’ will ‘make a disaster’ of Labor’s plan to ‘weaken borders’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Border battle looms as Labor back amendments to medivac bill | Sky News AustraliaFederal parliament will resume today for the first time in 2019 with the asylum seeker medical transfer bill to dominate talks. \n\nLabor is negotiating with crossbench MPs to change the proposed new laws after the party’s caucus endorsed compromises to the medivac bill ahead of a vote in parliament. \n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison has warned the bill will weaken Australia’s borders and promises there will be no changes to border protection policies. \n\nThe Coalition has vowed not to support the amendments, meaning Labor will need six of the seven crossbenchers in order to pass the legislation through the lower house.\n\n\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Shorten’s ‘political antenna’ failed him on medivac bill | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Kieran Gilbert says Labor leader Bill Shorten's ‘political antenna’ failed him when it comes to the medical evacuation bill.\n\nLabor has changed its position on the refugee evacuation bill, with the caucus on Monday backing amendments to the bill that would strengthen a minister’s right to veto doctor-ordered medical transfers of asylum seekers.\n\nLast year, Labor senators voted in favour of the medivac bill, helping the legislation pass 31-28.\n\nThe medivac bill, which was introduced to the House of Representatives by Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps, aimed to give doctors the final say on whether a sick asylum seeker should be transferred to the mainland.\n\nThe Coalition is opposing the legislation in any form, claiming the medivac bill will undermine Australia’s border protection regime.\n\nMr Gilbert says the Opposition does not want an extended political debate around border security, which is an issue that has been ‘so problematic’ for Labor.\n\n\n\n\n
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Lives are at stake: Phelps defends medivac bill | Sky News AustraliaIndependent MP Kerryn Phelps says she will take a ‘level-headed, methodical approach’ in her negotiation with Labor over the asylum seeker medical evacuation bill before parliament.\n\nOn Monday, Labor’s caucus endorsed three amendments to Ms Phelps' medivac bill that passed the Senate last year.\n\nMs Phelps told Sky News she will consult with refugee advocates before deciding whether to endorse Labor’s changes.\n\nShe says ‘lives are at stake’, and her main priority is addressing the ‘inhuman’ situation for asylum seekers and refugees in offshore detention centres.\n\n\n
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Border battle looms as Labor back amendments to medivac bill | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison has doubled down on rejecting the asylum seeker medical transfer bill as federal parliament resumes for the first time in 2019. \n\nLabor is negotiating with crossbench MPs to change the proposed new laws after the party’s caucus endorsed compromises to the medivac bill ahead of a vote in parliament. \n\nIndependent MP Kerryn Phelps, who proposed the bill, told Sky News says she is open to the proposed compromises but will be seeking advice from people within the industry. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Border battle looms as Labor back amendments to medivac bill | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison has doubled down on rejecting the asylum seeker medical transfer bill as federal parliament resumes for the first time in 2019. \n\nLabor is negotiating with crossbench MPs to change the proposed new laws after the party’s caucus endorsed compromises to the medivac bill ahead of a vote in parliament. \n\nIndependent MP Kerryn Phelps, who proposed the bill, told Sky News says she is open to the proposed compromises but will be seeking advice from people within the industry. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia
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