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Christmas Island will be the new transition point for dealing with any asylum seekers coming by boat, before they are moved on to Nauru.
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Asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru considered to be of “adverse character” will be sent to a reopened Christmas Island facility if they try to come to Australia under new medical evacuation laws.
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Scott Morrison is ramping up border security patrols and reopening Christmas Island after federal parliament passed new laws fast-tracking medical evacuations for asylum seekers.
Adelaide City Council should lobby the Federal Government to expand an “ineffective” government sponsorship program for refugees, south ward councillor Dr Helen Donovan says.
Scott Morrison has vowed to ignore the results of a vote on a “stupid” bill giving doctors the final say on evacuating sick asylum seekers from offshore detention.
Labor has promised to abolish a controversial work-for-the-dole scheme meant to help indigenous people in remote Australia if it wins the next federal election.
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