Supporters of medevac laws have vented their anger and disappointment at the Federal government’s repealing of the medical transfer provisions.
— Kon Karapanagiotidis Medevac laws were designed to give doctors more say in medical transfers of refugees in offshore processing.
“The Morrison government has ripped away the basic shred of humanity that when someone is sick they get the medical care they need,” he said. He said scrapping the transfer provisions would restore integrity to border security after Senator Lambie's crucial support sealed its fate.READ MOREIt has been speculated the government could have agreed to send refugees from offshore processing to New Zealand after a similar arrangement with the US has ended.
“The public has a right to know if the Government and the Prime Minister have done a backflip and decided to accept the New Zealand offer – they should announce that,” she said. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said"people were already receiving" appropriate medical treatment before the Labor-backed medevac regime.
“Preventing access to medical care as a policy tool is unethical and harmful to vulnerable people and the entire medical profession,” he said.
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