Peter Dutton blocks transfer of 'violent' asylum seeker using medevac powers

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton will bar the father of an asylum seeker on Nauru accompanying his daughter to Australia for medical treatment.

Source: AAP

Published 16 October 2019 12:09pm

Updated 12 August 2022 3:22pm

By Mehdi Gholizadeh, Rosemary Bolger

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