Russell Broadbent says Shorten has 'moral obligation' to support Coalition's Nauru legislation

Exclusive: Liberal appeals to Labor leader, saying people on Nauru need parliament to deliver breakthrough

The Victorian Liberal Russell Broadbent has made a personal appeal to Bill Shorten to back government legislation stopping any asylum seekers resettled in New Zealand coming to Australia, declaring people languishing on Nauru need parliament to deliver a breakthrough.

Broadbent – one of four Liberals lobbying Scott Morrison for a circuit-breaker to get at-risk children and their parents out of offshore detention – told Guardian Australia that Shorten “could be an enabler in this if he chooses to be”.

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