Jimmy Barnes calls for children to be removed from Nauru: 'It's not the Australian way'

Musician says he’s ‘ashamed’ the government is ‘holding people up as hostages to stop people smugglers’ and accused Peter Dutton of spreading lies and propaganda

The Australian rock musician Jimmy Barnes had some strong words for the Australian government ahead of a rally on the Parliament House lawn in Canberra to remove children and their families from indefinite detention on Nauru.

Tuesday’s rally saw the delivery of a petition of 170,000 signatures to the government by the newly elected member for Wentworth, independent MP Dr Kerryn Phelps.

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