Published: February 13, 2019
Scott Morrison ramps up rhetoric on border protection and says Shorten will be responsible for any new boat arrivals
• Nine facts about the medical evacuation bill
Scott Morrison says the government will reopen the Christmas Island detention centre and reinforce border defences as the Senate on Wednesday followed the House and passed the medical evacuations bill.
While ramping up the rhetoric, Morrison also declined to counter misleading claims about the practical impact of the new law, or even confirm a fact spelled out in the new legislation – that the new medical evacuation procedures only apply to the cohort currently on Nauru and Manus Island, not to any new arrivals.
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