New figures reveal the potential drain on the public purse if hundreds of asylum seekers with complex health needs are transferred to the remote territory.
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Lawyers prepare to launch court challenges on refugee medical transfers to Christmas IslandThe Morrison government could face dozens of expensive legal cases as a result of its plans to transfer sick refugees and asylum seekers to Christmas Island instead of the Australian mainland
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Crossbench concerned sick asylum seekers will be sent to Christmas Island | Sky News AustraliaThere is concern across the crossbench that asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island in need of medical treatment will be transferred to Christmas Island. \n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison announced the reopening of Christmas Island as a response to the medivac bill passing the Senate last week. \n\nRevelations surfaced today that the US have rejected 265 asylum seekers destined to enter the nation over security reasons following a resettlement deal. \n\nIndependent MP Kerryn Phelps says she is 'concerned' sick asylum seekers will not get the treatment they deserve.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Crossbench concerned sick asylum seekers will be sent to Christmas Island | Sky News AustraliaThere is concern across the crossbench that asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island in need of medical treatment will be transferred to Christmas Island. \n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison announced the reopening of Christmas Island as a response to the medivac bill passing the Senate last week. \n\nRevelations surfaced today that the US has rejected 265 asylum seekers destined to enter the nation over security concerns following a resettlement deal. \n\nIndependent MP Kerryn Phelps says she is 'concerned' sick asylum seekers will not get the treatment they deserve.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n
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Christmas Island is a 'clever' loophole: Kenny | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Chris Kenny says if politicians who supported the medivac bill wanted to haul people to Australia for medical treatment and not Christmas Island, they should’ve ruled it out in the amendments.\n\nMr Kenny explains that while the island is part of Australia, it’s been excised from the nation’s migration area, which means people on its shores can’t appeal for asylum or access the legal system to press their claim.\n\nHis remarks come after independent MP Kerryn Phelps tweeted outrage over the government’s decision to send the sick to Christmas Island, describing it as a 'subversion of our entire model of representative democracy.'\n\nMr Kenny says the government found a clever way to adhere to the law they opposed.\n\n\n
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Medical care of mother at Calvary fell 'well short' before her deathAn independent medical report for the ACT Coroners Court found 'serious concerns' with the care of Gwendoline Flynn in 2017.
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