Kerryn Phelps blasts plan to send sick refugees to Christmas Island

The government has confirmed its "default position" will be to send sick refugees to Christmas Island.

The crossbench celebrated when the medevac legislation passed Parliament.

The crossbench celebrated when the medevac legislation passed Parliament. Source: AAP

Independent MP Kerryn Phelps has blasted the government's plan to send sick refugees and asylum seekers from Manus Island and Nauru to Christmas Island, rather than hospitals on mainland Australia. 

Ms Phelps said it was a subversion of democracy as the intention of the medevac legislation was to provide sick people in offshore detention treatment on the mainland.

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Published 19 February 2019 4:03pm
Updated 12 August 2022 3:33pm
By Jameel Karaki, Rosemary Bolger
Source: SBS News


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