PM: medivac costs simple math
PM backs Peter Dutton’s claim transfers from Manus and Nauru would mean fewer spots on hospital waiting lists for Australian patients.
Immigration
Medivac costs ‘to hamper panel’
Doctors warn a new volunteer panel to fast-track refugee transfers to Australia could be unworkable amid concerns over costs.
Final refugee kids leave Nauru
The final four refugee children have been taken off Nauru and flown to the US.
Last kids leave Nauru for US
The last four remaining refugee children on Nauru have left the Pacific island to be resettled in the US, government confirms.
Blitz on AAT visa appeals boom
The government plans to overhaul the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to deal with the boom in migration and refugee challenges.
Shorten shifts tack on asylum-seeker policy
Bill Shorten has backed away from saying it was ‘fine’ to send sick refugees to Christmas Island.
Medivac loophole for refugees’ kids
Australian officials are scrambling to identify children fathered with local women by refugees in PNG and Nauru.
Deporting NZ criminals ‘corrosive’
After Scott Morrison’s tense exchange with Jacinda Ardern over criminal deportation laws, NZ’s foreign minister goes on the attack.
Asylum surgeon cuts through
He came in a boat, with nothing but a dog-eared anatomy textbook and the clothes on his back.
Medivac bill dooms NZ option
The Coalition has hardened its stance against an offer to resettle 150 refugees a year, saying new medivac laws have sunk the idea.
Ardern delivers stunning spray
Jacinda Ardern lashes out over deportations of Kiwis while standing with Scott Morrison, after a “frank” exchange.
West gets tough on women of terror
The Australian federal government has proposed laws that could delay ISIS woman and their teenage children from coming back.
60 refugees fail character test Refugees fail screen tests of character
More than 60 refugees have failed character assessments because of violent crimes and links to terrorism planning.
ALP leaders split over Christmas Island treatment
Senior Labor frontbenchers have contradicted Bill Shorten over his acceptance of Christmas Island as a refugee treatment centre.
Dutton bid to ban return of terrorists
Australians who pose a terrorist threat will be banned from returning home for up to two years under tough new legislation.
Bodyguard loses asylum bid
A former elite bodyguard to the Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak has lost his final bid for Australian asylum.
Surge ‘risks support for welfare’
A surge in migration from the Middle East is putting ‘democracy and social cohesion at risk’ in Europe, according to new research.
Lawyer’s warning on limited scope of transfer bill
Refugee lawyer David Manne says the limited scope of the medivac bill will not stop future arrivals from taking legal action.
27,000 tourist ‘refugees’ arriving
Department of Home Affairs’ figures show the number of asylum-seekers arriving by plane grew to more than 27,000 in 2017-18.
Clear them out of ‘this hellhole’
Manus MP Job Pomat says he wants as many asylum-seekers and refugees as possible to be sent to Australia under the medivac bill.
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