Published: October 15, 2018
Exclusive: proposals would give more weight to medical opinion and make the minister, not department officials, responsible
Labor will move to make it easier to transfer asylum seekers from Nauru for medical treatment, with the shadow cabinet resolving to put more weight on the recommendation of treating clinicians, and will make the responsible minister accountable.
The shadow cabinet resolved on Monday night to draft a private member’s bill overhauling current processes to make the health of children the primary consideration when determining a temporary medical transfer from offshore detention.
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