Government fails to prove claim that asylum seekers are exploiting medevac bill

Home Affairs has not provided a Senate committee with evidence that asylum seekers are using self-harm as a way to be transferred to Australia.

A refugee on Manus Island.

A refugee on Manus Island. Source: AAP


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Published 27 August 2019 1:10pm
Updated 27 August 2019 1:50pm
By Peyman Jamali


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