Published: October 31, 2018
The Morrison government could get everyone out of offshore detention but Abbott and Dutton want to extend the cruelty
Let’s start with the happy news. The Australian government has been quietly removing children from Nauru over recent weeks, and George Brandis has now been good enough to confirm in a radio interview that the government wants all kids off before Christmas.
The government has been sending that message internally for some weeks to try to reassure worried MPs and head off any serious insurrection, but it has been considered entirely counterproductive to telegraph the intention publicly. Now, for whatever reason, that calculation seems to have now changed.
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