Published: October 31, 2018
Anne Ruston says debate has ‘been politicised and is not grounded in fact’
There are now fewer than 40 children left on Nauru due to ongoing medical transfers, despite the Morrison government continuing to defend the conditions faced by asylum seekers and refugees on the island.
The assistant minister for international development, Anne Ruston, told the Australian Council for International Development’s annual conference the current debate had “been politicised and is not grounded in fact”. The conference passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for the government to bring all children and their families to Australia, and ensure no one was held indefinitely on Nauru.
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