The government has declassified security advice claiming over 1,000 asylum seekers and refugees housed in offshore detention centres will be able to be transferred to Australia if Independent MP Kerryn Phelps' bill is passed through parliament next week.
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Leaked ASIO advice on border bill referred to AFP | Sky News AustraliaA security briefing - reportedly based on ASIO advice - that was leaked to the Home Affairs department, has been referred to the Australian Federal Police. \n\nShadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has condemned the leak stating that the information is 'classified for a reason', with Labor confirming it did not receive the briefing.\n\nHome Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has called on Bill Shorten to oppose proposed laws which would change how medical transfers for asylum seekers in offshore detention are processed. \n\nThe briefing warns that changes to refugee transfers would compromise border protection.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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PM ‘appalled’ at Labor playing politics on border security | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Independent MP Kerryn Phelps' refugee medical evacuation bill is a ‘stupid’ bill, and that he is ‘appalled’ the Labor party is playing politics on border security.\n\nThe proposed bill will allow doctors to ask for refugees and asylum seekers to be brought to Australia for medical assessment, then potential medical treatment.\n\nMr Morrison says that if changes are made to Australia’s border security, offshore processing centres closed by Liberals would have to be reopened, 'as people smugglers are monitoring the government'.\n\n\n
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Medical transfers bill will compromise Australia's border: ASIO | Sky News AustraliaASIO has warned up to a thousand asylum seekers could arrive in Australia within weeks if Kerryn Phelps’ medical transfers bill becomes law. \n\nSky News has confirmed that the intelligence agency told the government the bill ‘would undermine regional processing and compromise Australia’s strong border protection regime’. \n\n\n\n\n
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Labor’s legal advice on medical transfers bill called into question | Sky News AustraliaShadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers has defended Labor's legal advice on a medical transfer bill, after Australia's security agencies reportedly warned against draft laws to change how transfers are processed.\n\nASIO has warned if the medical transfers bill becomes law, which would allow doctors to request asylum seekers be sent to Australia for medical treatment, up to 1,000 could arrive on national shores.\n\nMr Chalmers has told Sky News that there would be ministerial discretion to refuse people on national security grounds, debunking claims it could jeopardise the third pillar of border security, 'offshore processing'. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n
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Security concerns over refugee medical transfer bill | Sky News AustraliaAustralia’s intelligence agencies have reportedly warned against draft laws to change how medical transfers are processed for asylum seekers in offshore detention, claiming it could undermine the nation's border security.\n\nA briefing from the Department of Home Affairs says the medical transfer bill will strip the government of its power to conduct proper security threat assessments or stop mainland transfers, The Australian reports. \n\nThe changes, inspired by a push from independent MP Kerryn Phelps, would mean any two doctors could request a medical transfer for those in offshore detention.\n\nASIO has warned up to a 1000 asylum seekers could arrive in Australia within weeks if Kerryn Phelps’ medical transfers bill becomes law. \n\n\n\n
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Govt investing $10m to enhance online safety of kids: Fifield | Sky News AustraliaCommunications Minister Mitch Fifield has told Sky News this year’s budget will include a $10 million grant program for Non-Governmental Organisation and not-for-profits to pool their ideas about enhancing online safety for children. \n\nSenator Fifield says he’s looking to ensure children have digital literacy skills to operate safely online before accessing classroom devices, which he compares to a pen licence.\n\nHe says children’s psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg put the idea to the government a few weeks ago.\n\nThe government will now ‘urgently’ examine a range of digital licence products available to find the best fit for classrooms. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n
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Banking royal commission report a ‘damning indictment’ of govt: Bowen | Sky News AustraliaShadow Treasurer Chris Bowen says the banking royal commission’s final report will be a ‘damning indictment’ of the Coalition government and its senior figures, despite not having seen it himself.\n\nThe government only agreed to the enquiry following significant pressure including those in the banking industry.\n\nCommissioner Kenneth Hayne’s final report will be released on Monday, three days after it was delivered.\n\n\n
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Shorten accepts Morrison's offer for medical evacuation security briefing | Sky News AustraliaLabor leader Bill Shorten has accepted Prime Minister Scott Morrison's offer for a briefing on the security implications of the Phelps refugee medical evacuation bill.\n\nThe bill put forward by Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps would allow two doctors to authorise a medical transfer to Australia if they believed asylum seekers could not get adequate treatment in offshore detention.\n\nThe government claims Australia’s intelligence agencies have reportedly warned against draft laws, claiming it could undermine the nation's border security.\n\nThe Phelps bill has passed the Senate with Labor's support, however the opposition has not confirmed if it will pass the bill through the lower house when parliament resumes next week.\n\n\n\n
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