Liberal MP Jason Falinski has echoed Scott Morrison's comments regarding a federal anti-corruption watchdog, warning against a NSW-style ‘kangaroo court’ model.
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Labor will put children back into detention: Dutton | Sky News AustraliaThe Home Affairs Minister has slammed Labor over its border protection policy, claiming it will place children back into detention centres. \n\nMr Dutton says, if the opposition is elected, its border protection policies will restart people smuggling boats, reopen detention centres and people will again die at sea. \n\nThe Coalition claims Labor’s support to amendments in the Senate to make medical evacuations from Nauru to Manus Island easier is an attempt to abolish offshore processing. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n
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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
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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
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